Bugey, Cerin: Kimmeridgian, France
collected by Thiollière
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Saphaeosauridae
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Sapheosaurus thiollierei n. gen., n. sp.
von Meyer 1851
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| Holotype MNHNL no. 15672 (part) and 15673 (counterpart), complete skeleton minus skull; MHNL 15645 and 15291 (part and counterpart), nearly complete skeleton; 15649, nearly complete skeleton (see also ref. 57877) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Homoeosauridae
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Ischnosaurus gervaisii n. gen., n. sp.
Thiollière 1856
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Gervais 1859 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Reptilia
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Atoposaurus jourdani n. gen., n. sp.
Meyer 1850
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Gervais 1859 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| MHNL 15679 - holotype; referred specimen: MHNL 15680 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | County: | Ain |
| Coordinates: | 45.8° North, 5.5° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.7° North, 14.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Kimmeridgian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Kimmeridgian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 154.80000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination lime mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: lithographic limestone | |
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taphonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Thiollière |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Cirin | ||
| Database number: | 191086 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-01-08 16:40:22 | Last modified: | 2018-01-08 16:41:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-01-08 16:40:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57857. | H. von Meyer. 1851. Description de l’Atoposaurus jourdani et du Sapheosaurus thiollierei, reptiles fossiles des calcaires lithographiques du Bugey. In M. V. Thiolliere (ed.), Seconde notice sur le gisement et sur les corps organises fossiles des calcaires lithographiques dans le Jura du departement de l'Ain 5-19 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary] |
Secondary references:
| 12784 | P. Gervais. 1859. Zoologie et Paléontologie Françaises. Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux Vertébrés dont on Trouve les Ossements Enfouis dans le Sol de la France et sur leur Comparaison aves les Espèces Propres aux Autres Régions du Globe (Deuxième Edition) [French Zoology and Paleontology. New Research on Vertebrate Animals Whose Bones Are Found Buried in the Soil of France and their Comparison with Species Specific to Other Regions of the Globe (Second Edition)] 544 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano] |