Provenchères-sur-Meuse (Triassic of France)

Where: Champagne-Ardennes, France (48.0° N, 5.5° E: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 8.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Grès de Infralias Formation, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• originally "infra-Lias"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; yellow, conglomeratic sandstone and gray sandstone

• "Un bone-bed composé de poudingue et de plaquettes ondulées de grès gros- sier jaunâtre surmonte les gros bancs de grès."

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Thiéry & Corroy in 1868

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: A. Gaudry. 1890. Les Enchainements du Monde Animal dans les Temps Geologiques. Fossiles Secondaires 1-322 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 139922: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.02.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Saurischia - Plateosauridae
"Thecodontosaurus elisae n. sp." = Plateosaurus elizae4
"Thecodontosaurus elisae n. sp." = Plateosaurus elizae4 Sauvage 1907 plateosaurid
tooth
 Saurischia -
Gresslyosaurus sp.3
Gresslyosaurus sp.3 Rütimeyer 1856 Gressly's lizard
claw
 Phytosauria -
Termatosaurus alberti1
Termatosaurus alberti1 Meyer and Plieninger 1844 archosaur
UPMC
 Plesiosauria -
Plesiosaurus carinatus4
Plesiosaurus carinatus4 Cuvier 1824 plesiosaur
vertebrae
 Ichthyosauria - Shastasauridae
? Ichthyosaurus cf. rheticus4
? Ichthyosaurus cf. rheticus4 Sauvage 1876 ichthyosaur
vertebra
Osteichthyes
 Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
Ceratodus latissimus1
Ceratodus latissimus1 Agassiz 1838 lungfish
 Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Gyrolepis albertii1
Gyrolepis albertii1 Agassiz 1834
 Palaeonisciformes - Birgeriidae
Birgeria acuminatus1, Severnichthys sp.2
Severnichthys sp.2 Storrs 1994
Thomassin coll.
Actinopteri
 Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae
Colobodus maximus1
Colobodus maximus1 Dames 1888
 Semionotiformes - Semionotidae
Sargodon tomicus1
Sargodon tomicus1 Plieninger 1847
Osteichthyes
 Palaeoniscoidea -
Palaeoniscoidea indet.2
Palaeoniscoidea indet.2
Birgeria- and Saurichthys-type teeth
Holocephali
  -
Holocephali indet.2
Holocephali indet.2 chimaera
Universite Claude Bernard Lyon I no. 93308
Chondrichthyes
 Synechodontiformes -
"Hybodus minor" = Rhomphaiodon minor1
"Hybodus minor" = Rhomphaiodon minor1 Agassiz 1837 elasmobranch
 Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Nemacanthus monilifer2
Nemacanthus monilifer2 Agassiz 1836 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
? Palaeobates sp.2
? Palaeobates sp.2 elasmobranch
Universite Claude Bernard Lyon I no. 93300
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp.2
Hybodus sp.2 Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
Polyacrodus minimus1, "Hybodus cloacinus" = Polyacrodus cloacinus1
Polyacrodus minimus1 Agassiz 1939 elasmobranch
"Hybodus cloacinus" = Polyacrodus cloacinus1 Quenstedt 1858 elasmobranch
UPMC
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica oppeli1
Natica oppeli1 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiola minuta1, Mytilus sp.1
Modiola minuta1 Goldfuss 1833 mussel
Mytilus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys valoniensis" = Praechlamys valoniensis1
"Chlamys valoniensis" = Praechlamys valoniensis1 Defrance 1825 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma praecursor1
Plagiostoma praecursor1 Quenstedt 1856 file clam
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
"Avicula contorta" = Rhaetavicula contorta1
"Avicula contorta" = Rhaetavicula contorta1 Portlock 1843 pearl oyster
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium cloacinum1
Cardium cloacinum1 Quenstedt 1856 cockle
 Cardiida - Anatinellidae
Anatina praecursor1
Anatina praecursor1 Oppel 1858 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Myophoria postera1
unclassified
  -
Cycadophyta indet.1, Coniferophyta indet.1
Cycadophyta indet.1 Bessey 1907
1Corroy 1934; 2Cuny 1995; 3Lapparent 1967; 4Sauvage 1907