Saint-Nicolas-de-Port (Triassic of France)

Also known as Rossières-aux-Salines, Rosieres-aux-Salines

Where: Lorraine, France (48.6° N, 6.3° E: paleocoordinates 35.5° N, 8.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Grès à Avicula contorta Formation, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• Lower Rhaetian? Perhaps equivalent to Knollenmergel (Cuny & Ramboer 1991)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; pebbly, brown, green, argillaceous sandstone

• "brown sands, green clay and pebbles"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1851-present

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: D. Sigogneau-Russell. 1983. Nouveaux taxons de mammifères rhétiens [New taxa of Rhaetian mammals]. Second Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems, Jadwisin 1981. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 28(1-2):233-249 [E. Fara/E. Fara/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 36106: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 13.01.2004, edited by Matthew Carrano, Roger Benson, Priscilla Vazquez, Emma Dunne, Bethany Allen and Richard Butler

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• incomplete
unclassified
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Granuloperculatipollis
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Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes -
Lissodus minimus6 Agassiz 1839 elasmobranch
SNP 1006-7
 Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Nemacanthus monilifer4 Agassiz 1836 elasmobranch
 Synechodontiformes -
Rhomphaiodon nicolensis n. gen. n. sp.6
Rhomphaiodon nicolensis n. gen. n. sp.6 Duffin 1993 elasmobranch
new species
Osteichthyes
 Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
Saurichthys sp.4 Agassiz 1834 ray-finned fish
 Dipnoi - Ptychoceratodontidae
Ptychoceratodus phillipsi4 Agassiz 1838 lungfish
 Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
Ceratodus kaupi6 Agassiz 1838 lungfish
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli -
 Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae
Metoposaurus cf. diagnosticus4 Meyer 1842 tetrapod
 Temnospondyli - Plagiosauridae
cf. Plagiosaurus sp.11 Jaekel 1914 tetrapod
Osteichthyes
 Therapsida -
Hahnia obliqua n. gen. n. sp.7, Theroteinus nikolai n. gen. n. sp.12
Hahnia obliqua n. gen. n. sp.7 Godefroit and Battail 1997 cynodont
IRSNB R164, left upper postcanine (holotype); 4 other specimens
Theroteinus nikolai n. gen. n. sp.12 Sigogneau-Russell et al. 1986 mammaliaform
 Therapsida - Haramiyidae
Haramiyidae indet. Simpson 1940 mammaliaform
tooth
Thomasia sp.9 Poche 1908 mammaliaform
Thomasia antiqua9 Plieninger 1847 mammaliaform
Thomasia moorei9 Owen 1871 mammaliaform
 Therapsida - Kuehneotheriidae
Fluctuodon necmergor n. gen. n. sp.5 Debuysschere 2017 mammaliaform
Kuehneotherium praecursoris9 Kermack et al. 1968 mammaliaform
Kuehneotherium stanislavi n. sp.5 Debuysschere 2017 mammaliaform
 Morganucodonta - Morganucodontidae
Brachyzostrodon "sp. 1"10 Sigogneau-Russell 1983 mammaliaform
RAS 717, SNP 5Ph, 29
Brachyzostrodon "sp. 2"10 Sigogneau-Russell 1983 mammaliaform
RAS FW45
Brachyzostrodon coupatezi n. gen. n. sp. Sigogneau-Russell 1983 mammaliaform
SNP 100, 171, 225, 500, 737; RAS 78G, 785, 875.
Brachyzostrodon maior n. sp.10 Hahn et al. 1991 mammaliaform
RAS 1020W
Mammalia
 Symmetrodonta - Woutersiidae
Woutersia butleri n. sp.14 Sigogneau-Russell and Hahn 1995 symmetrodont
SNP 517, holotype right lower molar; lower teeth: SNP 119, left molar. Upper teeth: SNP 88; SNP 82; SNP 720; all from the right side.
Woutersia mirabilis n. sp.14 Sigogneau-Russell 1983 symmetrodont
SNP 101, holotype left lower molar;SNP 52W, right upper molar; SNP 74 W, partial right upper mola
 Allotheria -
? Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884 multituberculate
tooth
Osteichthyes
 Therapsida - Therioherpetidae
Meurthodon gallicus n. gen. n. sp.13
Meurthodon gallicus n. gen. n. sp.13 Sigogneau-Russell and Hahn 1994 cynodont
MNHN SNP-1-W
 Therapsida -
Gaumia longiradicata7 Hahn et al. 1987 cynodont
12 specimens in IRSNB and MNHP
 Therapsida - Chiniquodontidae
Lepagia gaumensis7 Hahn et al. 1987 cynodont
IRSNB R167 , IRSNB 28 1 14/051 , ? IRSNB 28114/104
 Therapsida - Dromatheriidae
Pseudotriconodon wildi7 Hahn et al. 1984 cynodont
Around 30 specimens, in IRSNB and MNHP
 Therapsida - Traversodontidae
? Rosieria sp.7 Godefroit and Battail 1997 cynodont
IRSNB R174, left upper postcanine
Rosieria delsatei n. gen. n. sp.7 Godefroit and Battail 1997 cynodont
IRSNB R173, left upper postcanine
? Microscalenodon sp.7 Hahn et al. 1988 cynodont
IRSNB R175, left upper postcanine
Maubeugia lotharingica n. gen. n. sp.7 Godefroit and Battail 1997 cynodont
IRSNB R172, left upper postcanine
 Therapsida -
Tricuspes tapeinodon n. sp.7 Godefroit and Battail 1997 therapsid
IRSNB R161, upper right molariform (holotype); 10 other specimens
Tricuspes sigogneauae9 Hahn 1994 therapsid
Tricuspes tuebingensis7 Huene 1933 therapsid
IRSNB R158, upper molariform
Reptilia
 Diapsida -
Archosauriformes "indet. 2"8 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
Archosauriformes "indet. 3"8 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
Archosauriformes "indet. 4"8 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
Archosauriformes "indet. 5"8 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
Archosauriformes "indet. 6"8 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
Archosauriformes "indet. 7"8 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
Archosauriformes "indet. 8"8 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
Archosauriformes "indet. 9"8 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
Archosauriformes "indet. 10"8 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
Archosauriformes "indet. 11"8 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
Archosauriformes "indet. 12"8 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
Archosauriformes "indet. 13"8 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
Archosauriformes indet.2 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
IRSNB R202
Archosauriformes indet.2 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
IRSNB R185
Archosauriformes indet.2 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
IRSNB R186, 28114/2
Archosauriformes "indet. 1"8 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
Graoullyodon hacheti n. gen. n. sp.8 Godefroit and Cuny 1997 archosauromorph
 Phytosauria - Parasuchidae
"Phytosauridae "indet. 2"" = Mystriosuchinae8, "Phytosauridae "indet. 1"" = Mystriosuchinae8
"Phytosauridae "indet. 2"" = Mystriosuchinae8 von Huene 1915 archosaur
"Phytosauridae "indet. 1"" = Mystriosuchinae8 von Huene 1915 archosaur
 Saurischia - Plateosauridae
Plateosaurus sp.1 Meyer 1837 plateosaurid
IRSNB R184, 28114/94, /97, /170-174, /619, /643, /746, RAS094G
 Pterosauria - Campylognathoididae
Eudimorphodon sp.8 Zambelli 1973 pterosaur
IRSNB R182, R183, 28114/102, 28114/165, 28114/166, 28114/605, 28114/632, 28114/711, teeth
 Parareptilia -
? Procolophonoidea indet.4 Romer 1956 parareptile
Actinopteri
 Neopterygii -
Dinophyceae
 Gonyaulacales - Shublikodiniaceae