Antully bonebed, Autun: Rhaetian, France
collected by Pellat & Laguille
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Shastasauridae
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Rachitrema pellati n. gen., n. sp.
Sauvage 1883
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1 specimen | |||||||||
= aff. Shastasauridae indet.
Merriam 1902
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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
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nomen dubium belonging to Shastasauridae | ||||||||||
rib fragments | ||||||||||
Ichthyosaurus carinatus
Sauvage 1876
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2 specimens | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Shastasauridae | ||||||||||
abdominal rib, mandible | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Anchisauridae
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Actiosaurus gaudryi n. gen., n. sp.
Sauvage 1883
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2 specimens | |||||||||
femora | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
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Plesiosauria indet.
(de Blainville 1835)
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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
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5 specimens | |||||||||
vertebrae | ||||||||||
Plesiosaurus costatus
Owen 1840
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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] |