Blainville, Lunéville: Ladinian, France
collected by Cuvier, Girardeau
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Labyrinthodon sp.
Owen 1842
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Mastodonsaurus | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Plagiosauridae
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Plagiosuchus pustuloglomeratus
Huene 1922
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Schoch and Werneburg 1999 | |||||||||
| synonym of Gerrothorax pulcherrimus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Thecodontosaurus latespinatus n. sp.
Huene 1905
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Huene 1905 | |||||||||
| nomen vanum belonging to Thecodontosaurus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Eosauropterygia
- Nothosauridae
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Simosaurus mougeoti n. sp.
Meyer 1847
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Rieppel 1994 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Nothosaurus | ||||||||||
| Lost holotype mandibular symphysis | ||||||||||
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Nothosaurus andriani
Meyer 1839
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| synonym of Nothosaurus giganteus | ||||||||||
| MHNP 9115 (skull; original of Gervais 1859, Plate 55, fig. 4); MHNP 9115 (neural arch) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Nothosauria
- Simosauridae
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Simosaurus gaillardoti n. gen., n. sp.
Meyer and Plieninger 1842
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Rieppel 1994 | |||||||||
| Specimens, including the lost holotype skull first reported by Meyer (1847) | ||||||||||
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Ichthyosaurus lunevillensis n. sp.
Alberti 1837
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| synonym of Simosaurus gaillardoti | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Placodontia
- Cyamodontidae
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Cyamodus sp.
von Meyer 1863
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Rieppel and Hagdorn 1999 | |||||||||
| "isolated teeth referred to Cyamodus", first reported by Corroy (1928) | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Acrodontidae
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Acrodus gaillardoti
Agassiz 1834
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Woodward 1889 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| BMNH 32556 (Tesson coll.) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Grand Est | County: | Meurthe-et-Moselle |
| Coordinates: | 48.6° North, 6.4° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 13.9° North, 15.9° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Ladinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ladinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 242.00000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Muschelkalk | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Muschelkalk (Ladinian) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
| Collectors: | Cuvier, Girardeau |
Metadata
| Database number: | 137680 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham, M. Carrano, R. Benson, A. Dunhill | Enterer: | P. Vazquez, B. Allen, R. Benson, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-12-18 15:20:52 | Last modified: | 2023-08-31 08:33:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-12-18 15:20:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28567. | P. Gervais. 1852. Zoologie et Paléontologie Françaises (Animaux Vertébrés) ou Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux Vivants et Fossiles de la France [French Zoology and Paleontology (Vertebrate Animals) or New Research on the Living and Fossil Animals of France] 1–3:1-274+ [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 45554 | E. Buffetaut, G. Cuny, and J. Le Loeuff. 1991. French dinosaurs: the best record in Europe?. Modern Geology 16:17-42 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 16920 | ETE | F. v. Huene. 1905. Trias-Dinosaurier Europas [European Triassic dinosaurs]. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 57:345-349 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/T. Liebrecht] |
| 62966 | F. v. Huene. 1914. I: Animalia. Pars 4. Saurischia et Ornithischia triadica (“Dinosauria” triadica). 1-20 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 45099 | A. F. d. Lapparent. 1967. Les dinosaures de France [The dinosaurs of France]. Sciences 51:4-19 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 85721 | R. Owen. 1860. Palaeontology or a Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and Their Geological Relations 1-420 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 44166 | O. Rieppel. 1994. Osteology of Simosaurus gaillardoti and the relationships of stem-group Sauropterygia. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 28:1-85 [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 35076 | O. Rieppel and H. Hagdorn. 1999. A skull of Cyamodus kuhnschnyderi Nosotti & Pinna 1993, from the Muschelkalk of Wassonne (Alsace, France). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 73(3/4):377-383 [M. Carrano/H. Street/J. Alroy] | |
| 44168 | O. Rieppel and R. Wild. 1996. A revision of the genus Nothosaurus (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Germanic Triassic, with comments on the status of Conchiosaurus clavatus. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 34:1-82 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 67041 | R. R. Schoch and R. Werneburg. 1999. The Triassic labyrinthodonts from Germany. Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie Teil I 7-8:629-650 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] | |
| 43905 | A. S. Woodward. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1 1-613 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham] |