Mercey, Cheilly, Dheune valley: Rhaetian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Palaeonisciformes
- Birgeriidae
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Saurichthys acuminatus
Agassiz 1843
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recombined as Birgeria acuminata | ||||||||||
teeth, "very common" | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Semionotiformes
- Semionotidae
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Sargodon tomicus
Plieninger 1847
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teeth, "very common" | ||||||||||
Dipnoi
- Ceratodontidae
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Ceratodus latissimus
Agassiz 1838
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1 specimen | |||||||||
tooth | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Thecodontosaurus sp.
Riley and Stutchbury 1836
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2 specimens | |||||||||
teeth | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
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Elasmobranchii indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
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Acrodus minimus
Agassiz 1839
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recombined as Lissodus minimus | ||||||||||
teeth, "common" | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Acrodontidae
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? Acrodus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ichthyodorulith | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Hybodus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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ichthyodoruliths, "rather common" | ||||||||||
Hybodus sublaevis
Agassiz 1843
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teeth, "abundant" | ||||||||||
Teleostomi
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Teleostomi indet.
Bonaparte 1836
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scales, 4 types | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | France | State/province: | Bourgogne | County: | Saône-et-Loire |
Coordinates: | 46.9° North, 4.7° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.4° North, 8.3° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
Stage: | Rhaetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
Key time interval: | Rhaetian | ||
Age range of interval: | 208.50000 - 201.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "blocks of arkose" | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 109711 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-05-25 07:34:07 | Last modified: | 2011-05-24 17:34:07 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-05-25 07:34:07 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
36266. | ETE | J. J. Thomasset. 1930. Le bone-bed rhétien de la vallée de la Dheune [The Rhaetian bonebed of the Dheune valley]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 4e série 30(9):1115-1120 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |