Ailhon tracksite, Daüs: Anisian - Ladinian, France
collected by Saumade, P. Bellin, A. Blanc, C. Montenat, A. de Lapparent 1961–1962
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Rhynchosauroides cf. petri
Demathieu 1966
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Montenat 1968 | |||||||||
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Dinosauria indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Montenat 1968 | |||||||||
| second, large tridactyl form | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Grallatoridae
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cf. Grallator sp.
Hitchcock 1858
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Montenat 1968 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Batrachopodidae
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cf. Batrachopus sp.
Hitchcock 1845
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Montenat 1968 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Chirotheriidae
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Dahutherium agilis n. gen., n. sp.
Montenat 1968
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Montenat 1968 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| nomen nudum belonging to Chirotheriidae | ||||||||||
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Chirotherium sp.
Kaup 1835
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| hundreds of prints | ||||||||||
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? Chirotherium sp.
Kaup 1835
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Montenat 1968 | |||||||||
| unnamed tracks | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Rhône-Alpes | County: | Ardèche |
| Coordinates: | 44.6° North, 4.3° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.5° North, 16.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Grès Inférieurs du Roubreau | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Anisian to early Ladinian, orig. supposed to be Early Triassic | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | desiccation cracks sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: very thick, compact sandstone cliff that becomes black with weathering | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),observed (not collected) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Saumade, P. Bellin, A. Blanc, C. Montenat, A. de Lapparent | Collection dates: | 1961–1962 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Aubenas, Ardèche | ||
| Database number: | 199929 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-02-21 14:36:59 | Last modified: | 2019-11-25 16:23:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-02-21 14:36:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 68001. | A. Blanc. 1962. Empreintes de pas sur les grès d'Ailhon (Ardèche) [Footprints in the Ailhon sandstone (Ardèche)]. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 31(10):316-317 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 68923 | G. R. Demathieu. 1970. Empreintes de Pas de Vertébrés du Trias de la Bordure Nord-Est du Massif Central (Vertebrate Footprints from the Triassic of the Northeast Border of the Massif Central]. Cahiers de Paléontologie 1-211 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 19626 | ETE | G. Gand and G. Demathieu. 2005. Les pistes dinosauroïds du Trias moyen français: interprétation et réévaluation de la nomenclature [The French Middle Triassic dinosauroid trackways: interpretation and nomenclatural reevaluation]. Geobios 38:725-749 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 67995 | G. Gand, G. Demathieu, and C. Montenat. 2007. Les traces de pas d'amphibiens, de dinosaures et autres reptiles du Mesozoïque français: Inventaire et interpretations [Footprints of amphibians, dinosaurs, and other reptiles from the French Mesozoic: inventory and interpretations]. Palaeovertebrata 2007(1–4):1-149 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 23532 | ETE | A. F. d. Lapparent and C. Montenat. 1967. Les empreintes de pas de reptiles de l'Infralias de Veillon (Vendée) [Reptile footprints from the lower Lias of Veillon (Vendée)]. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, nouvelle série 107:1-44 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 68040 | C. Montenat. 1968. Empreintes de pas de Reptiles dans le Trias moyen du plateau du Daüs près d’Aubenais (Ardèche) [Reptile footprints in the Middle Triassic of the Daüs plateau near Aubenais (Ardèche)]. Bulletin Scientifique de Bourgogne 25:369-389 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |