Cerin [PROXY]: Kimmeridgian, France
collected by Thiollière

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Pleurosauridae
Pleurosaurus goldfussi von Meyer 1831
von Huene 1952 1 specimen
MNHNL (no cat no. given), skull
Reptilia
Pterodactylus cirinensis n. sp. Meyer 1860
Buffetaut et al. 1990 1 specimen
Humerus
Pterodactylus grandis Cuvier 1824
Buffetaut et al. 1990 2 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Pterodactyloidea
Tibia and radius
Reptilia - Compsognathidae
Compsognathus longipes Wagner 1861
Reptilia
Alligatorium meyeri n. sp. Gervais 1871
Wellnhofer 1971 1 specimen
MNHL 15646, partial skeleton and skull, with counterpart slab MNHL 15462
Alligatorellus beaumonti n. sp. Gervais 1871
Wellnhofer 1971 2 individuals
MNHL 15639 - holotype; referred specimen: MNHL 15638
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes County:Ain
Coordinates: 45.8° North, 5.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.7° North, 14.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Kimmeridgian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Kimmeridgian
Age range of interval:157.30000 - 152.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated major elements:all
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taphonomic analysis
Collectors:Thiollière
Metadata
Also known as:Cirin
Database number:92110
Authorizer:R. Butler, P. Mannion, R. Benson, M. Carrano, P. Barrett Enterer:R. Butler, R. Benson, T. Cleary, J. Tennant, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-10-30 09:01:15 Last modified:2019-03-19 12:26:04
Access level:the public Released:2009-10-30 09:01:15
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

68005. P. Gervais. 1873. Chapitre III. Remarques au sujet des reptiles provenant des calcaires lithographiques de Cerin, dans le Bugey, qui sont conservés au Musée de Lyon [Chapter III. Remarks on subject of the reptiles found in the lithographic limestones of Cerin, in Bugey, that are kept in the Musée de Lyon]. Annales de la Société d’Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle et Arts Utiles de Lyon, quatrième série 5:79-85 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

31020 E. Buffetaut, P. Bernier, G. Barale, J.-P. Bourseau, C. Gaillard, J.-C. Gall, and S. Wenz. 1990. A new pterosaur bone from the Kimmeridgian lithographic limestones of Cerin (France). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1990:321-328 [R. Butler/R. Butler/O. Alfaro]
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]
59838 J. P. Tennant, P. D. Mannion, and P. Upchurch. 2016. Evolutionary relationships and systematics of Atoposauridae (Crocodylomorpha: Neosuchia): implications for the rise of Eusuchia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177:854-936 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57871 F. von Huene. 1952. Revision der Gattung Pleurosaurus auf Grund neuer und alter Funde. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 1952:167-200 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary]
42522 P. Wellnhofer. 1971. Die Atoposauridae (Crocodylia, Mesosuchia) der Oberjura-Plattenkalke Bayerns. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 138(5-6):133-165 [R. Benson/R. Benson]