Figeac tracksite (Jurassic of France)

Where: Lot, France (44.6° N, 2.0° E: paleocoordinates 32.5° N, 9.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Sinemurian (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)

• unnamed formation

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: bioturbated, shelly/skeletal, gray, calcareous limestone

• calcarenite limestone with bioturbation traces, mud rims, and shell & lamellibranch fragments, all indicating a hardground. Overlies a dolomite supposedly marking the Hettanfgian-Sinemurian boundary. Limestone is clear gray, eroded, and inclined 10°. No ripple marks or dessication cracks.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• 17 footprints arranged in two trackways.

Primary reference: B. Lange-Badré and J.-P. Laffon. 2000. Découverte de pistes de dinosaures théropodes dans le Lias inférieur des environs de Figeac (Lot). Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris. Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 330:379-384 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 25843: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 26.09.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
Eubrontes sp.
Eubrontes sp. Hitchcock 1845 theropod