La Pissoire Quarries, BF2 tracksite (Triassic to of France)

Also known as Saint-Sernin-du-Bois, BF 2, Autunois, Antully

Where: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France (46.8° N, 4.4° E: paleocoordinates 11.6° N, 16.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Grès d'Antully Formation, Anisian to Anisian (247.2 - 237.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coarse-grained sandstone and green claystone

• arkosic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by G. Demathieu, P. Demathieu, de la Comble in 1961

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: J. Lorenz, G. G. Demathieu, and P. Demathieu. 1962. Découverte d’empreintes de pas de reptiles dans le Trias du plateau d’Antully [Discovery of reptile footprints in the Triassic of the Antully plateau]. L’Eduen. Bulletin trimestriel de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Autun. Nouvelle Série 22:9-14 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 24834: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.08.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
Anchisauripus bibractensis6
Anchisauripus bibractensis6 Demathieu 1971 theropod
pistes A, D
 Saurischia -
Coelurosaurichnus perriauxi2
Coelurosaurichnus perriauxi2 Demathieu and Gand 1972 saurischian
 Pseudosuchia - Rotodactylidae
Rotodactylus sp.5, Rotodactylus lucasi n. sp.3
Rotodactylus sp.5 Peabody 1948 archosaur
Rotodactylus lucasi n. sp.3 Demathieu and Gand 1973 archosaur
65 B
 Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
Brachychirotherium pachydactylum n. sp.3, Dahutherium sp.5, "Sphingopus ferox" = Chirotherium ferox1, "Sphingopus sp." = Chirotherium4
Brachychirotherium pachydactylum n. sp.3 Demathieu and Gand 1973 archosaur
Dahutherium sp.5 Montenat 1968 archosaur
LPg 13 B
"Sphingopus ferox" = Chirotherium ferox1 Demathieu 1966 archosaur
pistes G, H
"Sphingopus sp." = Chirotherium4 Kaup 1835 archosaur
 Squamata -
Rhynchosauroides sp.1, Rhynchosauroides petri1
Rhynchosauroides sp.1 Maidwell 1911 squamates
Rhynchosauroides petri1 Demathieu 1966 squamates
1Courel et al. 1968; 2Demathieu and Gand 1972; 3Demathieu and Gand 1973; 4Gand 1971; 5Gand 1974; 6Gand 1975