Brosses-Thillot Quarry, C2 tracksite (Triassic of France)

Also known as Brosses-Thillots, Laupretre, Mont-Saint-Vincent, Montceau-les-Mines, Charolais, Saint Vincent, Lauprètre

Where: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France (46.6° N, 4.5° E: paleocoordinates 11.4° N, 16.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Grès d'Antully Formation, Middle Triassic (247.2 - 237.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, red, yellow, argillaceous sandstone

• "very silificied sandstone, massive, several clayey joints, reddish-yellow bed"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by Lobreau, G. Gand, F. Pellier, L. Courel

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,

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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28092: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 23.01.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Squamata -
Rhynchosauroides maximus n. sp.2
Rhynchosauroides maximus n. sp.2 Gand 1974 squamates
BTg 35-40, 8-p
 Saurischia -
Coelurosaurichnus sabinensis7
Coelurosaurichnus sabinensis7 Gand et al. 1976 saurischian
BTg 21, slab P; BTa, BTb, BTc, BTg I, BTg II
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
Anchisauripus bibractensis1
Anchisauripus bibractensis1 Demathieu 1971 theropod
BTg 23
 Pseudosuchia - Rotodactylidae
Rotodactylus sp.3, Rotodactylus lucasi3
Rotodactylus sp.3 Peabody 1948 archosaur
BTg 31
Rotodactylus lucasi3 Demathieu and Gand 1973 archosaur
 Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
Isochirotherium circademathieui4, Synaptichnium sp.3, Dahutherium sp.3, Brachychirotherium sp.6, Brachychirotherium pachydactylum3, Brachychirotherium lorteti3, "Sphingopus ferox" = Chirotherium ferox3, "Chirotherium barthi" = Chirotherium barthii5
Isochirotherium circademathieui4 Gand 1979 archosaur
BTg VIII A, B; XIX, BTW 30, 33
Synaptichnium sp.3 Nopcsa 1923 archosaur
BTW 36
Dahutherium sp.3 Montenat 1968 archosaur
BTg, slab A
Brachychirotherium sp.6 Beurlen 1950 archosaur
BTg 32, 8B, BTW 31, 33
Brachychirotherium pachydactylum3 Demathieu and Gand 1973 archosaur
Brachychirotherium lorteti3 Haubold 1970 archosaur
BTW 32
"Sphingopus ferox" = Chirotherium ferox3 Demathieu 1966 archosaur
"Chirotherium barthi" = Chirotherium barthii5 Kaup 1835 archosaur
BTg V, XV, 16
  - Rhynchosauroidae
Phalangichnus sp.3
Phalangichnus sp.3 Schmidt 1959 reptile
misspelled "Phalangicnus"; BTg 8
1Gand 1973; 2Gand 1974; 3Gand 1974; 4Gand et al. 2012; 5Gand and Demathieu 2005; 6Gand et al. 1973; 7Gand et al. 1976