north of Gray: Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian, France
collected by Lépine 1846

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Chasmasporites apertus
Chasmasporites hians
Trachysporites fuscus
Barbatacysta pilosa
Barbatacysta verrucosa
Ellipsoidictym cinctum
Scrinodinium crystallinum
Wanea acollaris
Wanea thysanota
Tasmanites sp. Newton 1875
Micrhystridium lymensis
Micrhystridium sp. Deflandre 1937
Pterospermopsis sp. Wetzel 1952
Lycopodiopsida - Lycopodiales
Retitriletes austroclavatidites Döring et al. 1963
Lycopodiopsida - Selaginellales
Densoisporites fissus
Densoisporites perinatus Brenner 1963
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Callialasporites dampieri (Balme 1957)
original and current combination Zonallapollenites dampieri
Callialasporites trilobatus (Balme 1957)
original and current combination Tsugaepollenites trilobatus
Pteridopsida
Cyathidites minor Couper 1953
Deltoidospora toralis Lund 1977
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947
unclassified
Alisporites sp. Daugherty 1941
Alisporites thomasii
Cerebropollenites thiergartii
Cerebropollenites macroverrucosus Schulz 1967
Reptilia - Megalosauridae
Megalosaurus sp. Parkinson 1822
1 specimen
femur
Polychaeta - Eunicemorpha
? Staurocephalites sp.
Dinophyceae
Stephanelytron scarburghense Sarjeant 1961
Dinophyceae - Nannoceratopsiaceae
Nannoceratopsis pellucida Deflandre 1938
Dinophyceae - Pareodiniaceae
Pareodinia ceratophora Deflandre 1947
Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Surculosphaeridium vestitum
Sirmiodiniopsis orbis
Ctenidodinium tenellum Deflandre 1938
Tubotuberella apatella
Gonyaulacysta dualis Stover and Evitt 1978
Gonyaulacysta jurassica Deflandre 1964
Chytroeisphaeridia chytroeides Sarjeant 1979
Sirmiodinium grossii Alberti 1961
Sentusidinium villersense
Escharisphaeridia pocockii
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Franche-Comté County:Haute-Sâone
Coordinates: 47.6° North, 5.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.1° North, 15.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Callovian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian
Age range of interval:165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: unnamed beds, either Coronatum or Athleta Zone; Originally labeled as coming from the Minerai de Fer d'Autrey, but this is a Neogene bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:ferruginous,ooidal "carbonate"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: based on matrix surrounding bones: ferruginous oolite
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: "shallow marine environment"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Fragmentation:occasional
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:Lépine Collection dates:1846
Collection method comments: Original label signed "Don d'Auguste Lépine, 1846"
Metadata
Database number:142143
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-04-06 05:03:14 Last modified:2013-04-05 13:03:14
Access level:the public Released:2013-04-06 05:03:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

46174. E. Buffetaut, G. Cuny, G. Lachkar, D. Contini, A. Pharisat and B. Vienet. 1995. Le fémur de dinosaure théropode du Musée d'Histoire naturelle de Gray (Haute-Sâone): identification, datation et essai de localisation de l'origine d'un fossile inhabituel [The theropod dinosaur femur from the Natural History Museum of Gray Haute-Sâone, France): identification, dating and determination of the geographic origin of an unusual fossil]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 166(1):69-75 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]