Moissey: Rhaetian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
4 specimens
scales that could pertain to reptiles or fishes
Reptilia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
3 specimens
Reptilia - Nothosauria - Simosauridae
Simosaurus sp. Meyer 1842
1 specimen
Reptilia - Ichthyosauridae
Ichthyosaurus sp. Koenig 1818
2 specimens
Reptilia
Megalosaurus obtusus n. sp. Henry 1876
4 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Theropoda
Termatosaurus alberti (Meyer and Plieninger 1844)
4 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Phytosauria
Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
? Gyrolepis sp. Agassiz 1833
1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834
1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Squalidae
? Spinax sp. Agassiz 1837
1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Orthacodontidae
? Sphenodus sp. Agassiz 1843
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]