Antully bonebed, Autun: Rhaetian, France
collected by Pellat & Laguille

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Shastasauridae
Rachitrema pellati n. gen., n. sp. Sauvage 1883
1 specimen
    = aff. Shastasauridae indet. Merriam 1902
Fischer et al. 2014
Rachitrema pellati is identified as a composite taxon and nomen dubium. However most of the material is refered to aff. Shastasauridae, or with less certainty to clades that include Shastasauridae: neural arch (PLV 1939) [aff. Shastasauridae or aff. Cymbospondylidae], scapula (PLV 1942) [aff. Shastasauridae], ilium (PLV 1940) ['non-parvipelvian' ichthyosaur],
Ichthyosaurus rheticus Sauvage 1876
nomen dubium belonging to Shastasauridae
rib fragments
Ichthyosaurus carinatus Sauvage 1876
2 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Shastasauridae
abdominal rib, mandible
Reptilia - Anchisauridae
Actiosaurus gaudryi n. gen., n. sp. Sauvage 1883
2 specimens
femora
Reptilia - Plesiosauria
Plesiosauria indet. (de Blainville 1835)
Fischer et al. 2014 1 element
PLV 1938: proximal portion of a plesiosaur propodial, considered to be an ichthyosaur left radius or ilium.
Plesiosaurus bitractensis n. sp. Sauvage 1883
5 specimens
vertebrae
Plesiosaurus costatus Owen 1840
1 specimen
vertebra
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Burgundy County:Sâone-et-Loire
Coordinates: 46.9° North, 4.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.4° North, 8.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
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 - 201.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:-bonebed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Fragmentation:occasional
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Pellat & Laguille
Metadata
Database number:144758
Authorizer:M. Carrano, R. Benson Enterer:M. Carrano, R. Benson
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-05-17 07:16:28 Last modified:2021-06-23 09:53:03
Access level:the public Released:2013-05-17 07:16:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

46686. H.-E. Sauvage. 1883. Recherches sur les reptiles trouvés dans l'étage rhétien des environs d'Autun [Research on the reptiles found in the Rhaetian stage of the environs of Autun]. Annales des Sciences Géologiques 14(3):1-44 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

77207 N. Bardet and G. Cuny. 1993. Triassic reptile faunas from France. In J.-M. Mazin & G. Pinna (ed.), Evolution, Ecology and Biogeography of the Triassic Reptiles. Acts of the Workshop Organized by Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. Milano 19–21 Giugno 1991 2:9-18 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
54389 V. Fischer, H. Capetta, P. Vincent, G. Garcia, S. Goolaerts, J. E. Martin, D. Roggero and X. Valentin. 2014. Ichthyosaurs from the French Rhaetian indicate a severe turnover across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. Naturwissenschaften 101:1027-1040 [R. Benson/R. Benson]