Chasselay tracksite, level Y (BQ): Anisian - Ladinian, France
collected by L. Courel 1961

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Chirotheriidae
Sphingopus ferox Demathieu 1966
11 specimens
recombined as Chirotherium ferox
21.1 Y1
Chirotherium coureli n. sp. Demathieu 1970
46 specimens
recombined as Isochirotherium coureli
21.1 FY
? Brachychirotherium sp. Beurlen 1950
3 specimens
21.1 W1, W2
Reptilia
Rhynchosauroides sp. Maidwell 1911
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes County:Rhône
Coordinates: 45.3° North, 5.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.4° North, 17.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:479 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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 lower Ladinian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,mold/impression,trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection,observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:L. Courel Collection dates:1961
Metadata
Also known as:Ch, Mont d'Or Lyonnais
Database number:201284
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-05-03 15:05:07 Last modified:2019-07-18 16:28:51
Access level:the public Released:2019-05-03 15:05:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

69455 F. Ellenberger, P. Ellenberger, and L. Ginsburg. 1970. Les Dinosaures du Trias et du Lias en France et en Afrique du Sud, d'après les pistes qu'ils ont laissées [The Triassic and Liassic dinosaurs in France and South Africa, after their prints]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 7e série 12(1):151-159 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]