La Coudre, Autun (Triassic of France)

Where: Burgundy, France (46.9° N, 4.4° E: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 8.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Laguille

Primary reference: H.-E. Sauvage. 1883. Recherches sur les reptiles trouvés dans l'étage rhétien des environs d'Autun [Research on the reptiles found in the Rhaetian stage of the environs of Autun]. Annales des Sciences Géologiques 14(3):1-44 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144759: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 17.05.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria - Ichthyosauridae
Ichthyosaurus costatus ichthyosaur
rib fragments
 Ichthyosauria - Shastasauridae
Ichthyosaurus rheticus Sauvage 1876 ichthyosaur
vertebrae, femora, scapula, ribs
 Plesiosauria -
Plesiosaurus costatus Owen 1840 plesiosaur
vertebra
Plesiosaurus bitractensis n. sp. Sauvage 1883 plesiosaur
caudal vertebra