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