Crussol tracksite (Triassic of France)

Also known as Ardèche

Where: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (44.9° N, 4.9° E: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 17.0° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Triassic (247.2 - 237.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; pyritic lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by G.-G.-P. Demathieu

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: L. Courel and G.-G.-P. Demathieu. 1963. Les empreintes de pas fossiles dans le Trias de la bordure est et nord-est du Massif Central [The fossil footprints in the Triassic of the east and northeast border of the Massif Central]. Bulletin Scientifique de Bourgogne 21:73-91 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 201285: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 03.05.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
"Chirotherium parvum" = Brachychirotherium parvum, "Sphingopus ferox" = Chirotherium ferox, "Chirotherium barthi" = Chirotherium barthii, "Chirotherium coureli" = Isochirotherium coureli
"Chirotherium parvum" = Brachychirotherium parvum Hitchcock 1889 archosaur
21.4 T
"Sphingopus ferox" = Chirotherium ferox Demathieu 1966 archosaur
"Chirotherium barthi" = Chirotherium barthii Kaup 1835 archosaur
21.4 S'2, S1, E
"Chirotherium coureli" = Isochirotherium coureli Demathieu 1970 archosaur