along Létra—Saint-Fortunat road: Anisian - Ladinian, France
collected by Jourdan 1890

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Chirotheriidae
Chirotherium sp. Kaup 1835
1 individual
    = Chirotherium barthii Kaup 1835
Demathieu 1974
no. 38749, Letra 1, 2
Brachychirotherium sp. Beurlen 1950
Demathieu 1974 1 specimen
no. 38749
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Coordinates: 45.8° North, 4.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.8° North, 16.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Anisian - Ladinian
Age range of interval:247.20000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Grès Inférieurs du Lyonnais
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: late Anisian to early Ladinian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:desiccation cracks sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Associated major elements:many
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:salvage,selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:Jourdan Collection dates:1890
Metadata
Also known as:Mont d'Or Lyonnais
Database number:199933
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-02-22 12:47:27 Last modified:2023-01-09 09:52:10
Access level:the public Released:2019-02-22 12:47:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

68221. L. Lortet. 1892. Les reptiles fossiles du bassin du Rhône [The fossil reptiles of the Rhône basin]. Archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Lyon 5:3-139 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

83595 L. Courel and G.-G.-P. Demathieu. 1963. Les empreintes de pas fossiles dans le Trias de la bordure est et nord-est du Massif Central [The fossil footprints in the Triassic of the east and northeast border of the Massif Central]. Bulletin Scientifique de Bourgogne 21:73-91 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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]
68007 G. R. Demathieu. 1974. Les dalles à empreintes de pas de reptiles du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Lyon [The slabs with reptile footprints from the Muséum d’Histore Naturelle de Lyon]. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Lyon 12:5-12 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
68002 G. R. Demathieu, G. Demathieu, and P. Demathieu. 1964. Des empreintes de pas sur les grès triasiques du Mont-d'Or lyonnais [Footprints in the Triassic sandstones of the Lyonnais Mont d’Or]. [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]