Saint Laurent, near Cuers (Triassic of France)

Also known as St-Laurent, Saint-Laurent, Cuers

Where: Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region, France (43.3° N, 6.1° E: paleocoordinates 30.4° N, 10.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• "Rhaetian bone-bed"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, quartzose, ooidal, shelly/skeletal, calcareous limestone and shale

• "The section corresponds to a succession of Triassic bioclastic limestone beds containing numerous remains of chondrichthyans, teleosts, gastropods, crinoids and bivalves, in association with ferruginous ooliths and quartz. The bioclastic limestone is interbedded with numerous argillaceous beds (Fig. S1 in ESM), as in other contemporaneous localities in the region (Caron 1967)" (Fischer et al. 2014)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by ?Corroy in >1934

• Discovered before Corroy 1934.

Primary reference: G. Corroy. 1934. Les poissons et les reptiles du Muschelkalk et du Rhetien de Basse-Provence. Bulletin de la Societe geologique de France 3, serie 5(5-6):475-483 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31773: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 25.05.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria - Ichthyosauridae
Ichthyosaurus sp.
Ichthyosaurus sp. Koenig 1818 ichthyosaur
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Gyrolepis albertii
Gyrolepis albertii Agassiz 1834
 Palaeonisciformes - Birgeriidae
Birgeria acuminatus, Birgeria sp.
Birgeria sp. Stensiö 1919
Actinopteri
 Teleostea -
"Teleostea indet." = Teleostei
"Teleostea indet." = Teleostei Müller 1846
 Perleidiformes -
Dollopterus sp.
Dollopterus sp. Abel 1906
 Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae
Colobodus sp.
Colobodus sp. Agassiz 1843
 Lepisosteiformes -
"Lepidotus sp." = Lepidotes
"Lepidotus sp." = Lepidotes Agassiz 1832 gar
 Semionotiformes - Semionotidae
Sargodon tomicus
Sargodon tomicus Plieninger 1847
Osteichthyes
 Paramblypteriformes -
"Gyrolepis agassizi" = Amblypterus agassizii
"Gyrolepis agassizi" = Amblypterus agassizii Munster 1835
Chondrichthyes
 Synechodontiformes -
"Hybodus minor" = Rhomphaiodon minor
"Hybodus minor" = Rhomphaiodon minor Agassiz 1837 elasmobranch
 Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Nemacanthus cf. monilifer
Nemacanthus cf. monilifer Agassiz 1836 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
Polyacrodus minimus, "Hybodus cloacinus" = Polyacrodus cloacinus
Polyacrodus minimus Agassiz 1939 elasmobranch
"Hybodus cloacinus" = Polyacrodus cloacinus Quenstedt 1858 elasmobranch