Also known as Veillon Point
Where: Pays de la Loire, France (46.4° N, 1.7° W: paleocoordinates 31.4° N, 3.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; black, gray, green, argillaceous, sandy limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace
Collected by A. F. de Lapparent, C. Montenat, G. Bessonnat, M. Ters in 1963, 1965–1966
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical, peel or thin section,
• original discovery of site by Mr. Gilbert Bessonnat
Primary reference: G. Bessonnat, A. F. d. Lapparent, C. Montenat and M. Ters. 1965. Découverte de nombreuses empreintes de pas de Reptiles dans le Lias infeerieur de la côte de Vendée [Discovery of numerous footprints of reptiles in the lower Lias of the Vendée coast]. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Académie des Sciences 260(5):5324-5326 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 70801: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile | |
Chirotherium sp. Kaup 1835 archosaur | |
Batrachopus gilberti n. sp.
Batrachopus gilberti n. sp. Lapparent and Montenat 1967 aetosaur | |
Grallator olonensis n. sp. Lapparent and Montenat 1967 theropod
Grallator variabilis Lapparent and Montenat 1967 theropod |