La Pissoire Quarries, AF1 tracksite (Triassic to of France)

Also known as Saint-Sernin-du-Bois, AF 1

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; medium-grained, coarse sandstone

• arkosic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace

Collected by G. Gand, R. de la Comble in 1970, 1977

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: G. Gand. 1971. Découverte de documents ichnologiques nouveaux dans les carrières de la Pissoire (Plateau d’Antully–Saône-et-Loire) [Discovery of new ichnological documents in the la Pissoire quarries (Antully plateau–Saône-et-Loire)]. Bulletin Trimestriel de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle et des Amis du Muséum d'Autun 58:3-14 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62182: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 13.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pseudosuchia - Rotodactylidae
Rotodactylus velox3 Demathieu and Gand 1974 archosaur
Rotodactylus lucasi3 Demathieu and Gand 1973 archosaur
 Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
Brachychirotherium circaparvum3 Demathieu 1971 archosaur
Brachychirotherium pachydactylum2 Demathieu and Gand 1973 archosaur
"Sphingopus ferox" = Chirotherium ferox3 Demathieu 1966 archosaur
Isochirotherium sp.3 Haubold 1971 archosaur
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
Anchisauripus sp.3 Lull 1904 theropod
Anchisauripus bibractensis4 Demathieu 1971 theropod
 Saurischia -
Coelurosaurichnus perriauxi n. sp.1 Demathieu and Gand 1972 saurischian
pistes I, N, A