Also known as Cirin
Where: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (45.8° N, 5.5° E: paleocoordinates 36.7° N, 14.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected by Thiollière
Primary reference: H. von Meyer. 1851. Description de l’Atoposaurus jourdani et du Sapheosaurus thiollierei, reptiles fossiles des calcaires lithographiques du Bugey. In M. V. Thiolliere (ed.), Seconde notice sur le gisement et sur les corps organises fossiles des calcaires lithographiques dans le Jura du departement de l'Ain 5-19 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 191086: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 08.01.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Atoposaurus jourdani n. gen. n. sp.
Atoposaurus jourdani n. gen. n. sp. Meyer 1850 crocodilian MHNL 15679 - holotype; referred specimen: MHNL 15680
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Sapheosaurus thiollierei n. gen. n. sp.
Sapheosaurus thiollierei n. gen. n. sp. von Meyer 1851 lepidosaur Holotype MNHNL no. 15672 (part) and 15673 (counterpart), complete skeleton minus skull; MHNL 15645 and 15291 (part and counterpart), nearly complete skeleton; 15649, nearly complete skeleton (see also ref. 57877)
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Ischnosaurus gervaisii n. gen. n. sp.
Ischnosaurus gervaisii n. gen. n. sp. Thiollière 1856 lepidosaur | |