Chasselas tracksite (Triassic of France)

Also known as Mâconnais

Where: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France (46.3° N, 4.7° E: paleocoordinates 11.2° N, 16.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Triassic (247.2 - 237.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by Ducrost, L. Courel, G.-G.-P. Demathieu in 1890s; 1961–1962

Collection methods: surface (in situ), peel or thin section,

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 201286: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 03.05.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Archosauria -
Archosauria indet. archosaur
21.6 E ("primitive carnosaurians or pseudosuchians close to these latter"; "dinosauroid type 2 tracks")
 Dinosauria -
? Dinosauria "indet. 1" dinosaur
"dinosauroid type 1" tracks; "Empreinte G"
 Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
"Chirotherium coureli" = Isochirotherium coureli, "Sphingopus ferox" = Chirotherium ferox
"Chirotherium coureli" = Isochirotherium coureli Demathieu 1970 archosaur
"Sphingopus ferox" = Chirotherium ferox Demathieu 1966 archosaur
 Squamata -
Rhynchosauroides petri Demathieu 1966 squamates