Courtedoux/Chevenez tracksites (level 1040) (Jurassic of Switzerland)

Also known as CTD-BSY-1040, Courtedoux-Bois de Sylleux

Where: Jura, Switzerland (47.4° N, 7.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 15.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aulacostephanoides mutabilis ammonoid zone, Courtedoux Member (Reuchenette Formation), Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• from a layer between the Banné Member and the "Marnes à Virgula". Within the mutabilis Ammonite zone, and the lallierianum subzone. From level 1040

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: peritidal; calcareous mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

• "a thin layer of moist carbonate mud or microbial mat"
• "moist carbonate mud"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: D. Marty, J. Ayer, D. Becker, J.-P. Berger, J.-P. Billon-Bruyat, L. Braillard, W. A. Hug and C. A. Meyer. 2007. Late Jurassic dinosaur tracksites of the Transjurane highway (Canton Jura, NW Switzerland): overview and measures for their protection and valorisation. Bulletin für Angewandte Geologie 12(1):75-89 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 219805: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Eubrontidae
Megalosauripus transjuranicus2 Razzolini et al. 2017 theropod
BSY-1040-T1, T9
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet.1 Marsh 1878 sauropod
9 tiny, 17 small