Moissey: Rhaetian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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4 specimens | |||||||||
scales that could pertain to reptiles or fishes | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Nothosauria
- Simosauridae
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Simosaurus sp.
Meyer 1842
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Ichthyosauridae
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Ichthyosaurus sp.
Koenig 1818
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Megalosaurus obtusus n. sp.
Henry 1876
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4 specimens | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Theropoda | ||||||||||
Termatosaurus alberti
(Meyer and Plieninger 1844)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Phytosauria | ||||||||||
Palaeonisciformes
- Palaeoniscidae
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? Gyrolepis sp.
Agassiz 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Hybodus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Squalidae
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? Spinax sp.
Agassiz 1837
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Synechodontiformes
- Orthacodontidae
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? Sphenodus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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1 specimen | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | France | State/province: | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | County: | Doubs |
Coordinates: | 47.2° North, 5.5° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.9° North, 8.8° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
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 | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "at the base of the Rhaetian", in "banc 5" |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | fine,intraclastic lithified sandy breccia |
Lithology description: "breccia"; a fine-grained, very compact gray sand containing rounded fragments of marl. At the base of this (0.1 m) a "puddingstone" with debris of green marnolite, rounded and broken; fragments of dolomite; most of the fossils" | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Disassociated major elements: | many |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 90876 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2009-08-21 10:45:53 | Last modified: | 2022-08-05 13:45:50 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-08-21 10:45:53 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
30573. | ETE | M. J. Henry. 1876. L'Infralias dans la Franche-Comté [The Lower Lias of Franche-Comté]. Mémoires de la Société d'Émulation du Doubs, 4e série 10:287-486 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/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] | |
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] |