Cerin Quarry, locality 5, bed 88: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Saltosauropus latus
Bernier et al. 1984
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Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Ain |
| Coordinates: | 45.8° North, 5.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.7° North, 14.8° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 774 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Kimmeridgian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 152.20000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Local bed: | 88 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | carbonaceous siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "bituminous laminites with flint" | |
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),peel or thin section,observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 59346 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-03-27 10:57:34 | Last modified: | 2006-03-27 12:57:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-03-27 10:57:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17000. | ETE | P. Bernier, G. Barale, J.-P. Bourseau, E. Buffetaut, G. R. Demathieu, C. Gaillard, J.-C. Gall and S. Wenz. 1984. Decouverte de pistes de dinosaures sauteurs dans les calcaires lithographiques de Cerin (Kimmeridgian Superieur, Ain, France): implications paleoecologiques [Discovery of trackways of hopping dinosaurs in the Cerin lithographic limestones (Upper Kimmeridgian, Ain, France): paleoecological implications]. Géobios, Mémoire Spéciale 8:177-185 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |