La Caine-Curcy (MNHN coll) (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (49.0° N, 0.5° W: paleocoordinates 36.8° N, 9.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Harpoceras falciferum ammonoid zone, Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, nodular shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, concretion

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: S. Wenz. 1967. Compléments a l'étude des poissons actinoptérygiens du Jurassique français. Cahiers de Paléontologie 1967:1-276 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122731: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.01.2012, edited by Jonathan Tennant and Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria -
Stenopterygius longifrons2 Owen 1881 ichthyosaur
 Loricata - Teleosauridae
Steneosaurus oplites n. sp.1 Eudes-Deslongchamps 1863 marine crocodile
2 vertebrae, dermal scutes
Steneosaurus atelestatus n. sp.1 Eudes-Deslongchamps 1863 marine crocodile
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes -
Lepidotes elvensis de Blainville 1818 gar
 Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae
"Pachycormus macropterus" = Pachycormus macropterus, "Pachycormus curtus" = Pachycormus macropterus
"Pachycormus macropterus" = Pachycormus macropterus de Blainville 1818
"Pachycormus curtus" = Pachycormus macropterus de Blainville 1818
 Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae