Saint-Dizier Ctenochasma: Early/Lower Tithonian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Ctenochasma sp.
Meyer 1851
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MMSD 75-1671, incomplete skull | ||||||||||
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= Ctenochasma taqueti n. sp.
Bennett 2007
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Bennett 2007 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Haute-Marne |
| Coordinates: | 48.6° North, 5.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.6° North, 14.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 149.20000 - 146.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Calcaires tâchetés | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Exact provenance of the specimen is unknown, but it is probably from this unit, which outcrops in the vicinity of Saint-Dizier |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | ferruginous argillaceous "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Musee Municipal of St Dizier | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 92146 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | F. Villegas-Garin | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-11-02 08:30:38 | Last modified: | 2017-11-26 16:43:10 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-11-02 08:30:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31035. | S. Jouve. 2004. Description of the skull of Ctenochasma (Pterosauria) from the latest Jurassic of eastern France, with a taxonomic revision of European Tithonian Pterodactyloidea. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24:542-554 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 31037 | S. C. Bennett. 2007. A review of the pterosaur Ctenochasma: taxonomy and ontogeny. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 245:23-31 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |