Varangéville: Rhaetian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
Saurichthys sp. Agassiz 1834
Reptilia - Ichthyosauria
Ichthyosauria indet. de Blainville 1835
1 specimen
Reptilia
Archosauria indet. (Cope 1869)
2 specimens
Reptilia - Campylognathoididae
aff. Eudimorphodon sp. Zambelli 1973
1 specimen
Reptilia - Parasuchidae
Phytosauridae indet. Jaeger 1828
3 specimens
replaced by Mystriosuchinae
Dromatheriidae
? Dromatheriidae indet. Gill 1872
1 specimen
unclassified
Chiniquodontoidea indet.
1 specimen
Mammalia - Symmetrodonta - Woutersiidae
Woutersia mirabilis Sigogneau-Russell 1983
1 specimen
Morganucodonta - Morganucodontidae
Morganucodontidae indet. Kuehne 1958
1 specimen
Morganucodon sp. Kuehne 1949
1 specimen
aff. Morganucodon sp. Kuehne 1949
1 specimen
Haramiyidae
Thomasia antiqua (Plieninger 1847)
1 specimen
Thomasia cf. antiqua (Plieninger 1847)
2 specimens
unclassified
aff. Sinoconodon sp. Patterson and Olson 1961
1 specimen
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae
Capitosauridae indet. Watson 1919
synonym of Mastodonsauridae
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes
Lissodus sp. Brough 1935
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes
Rhomphaiodon sp. Duffin 1993
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Nemacanthus monilifer Agassiz 1836
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Lorraine County:Meurthe-et-Moselle
Coordinates: 48.6° North, 6.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.5° North, 8.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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: sandy conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Abundance in sediment:common
Fragmentation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:92109
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:R. Butler
Modifier:R. Butler Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-10-30 08:27:03 Last modified:2010-02-11 04:23:31
Access level:the public Released:2009-10-30 08:27:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

32012. P. Godefroit. 1997. Reptilian, therapsid and mammalian teeth from the Upper Triassic of Varangéville (northeastern France). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 67:83-102 [R. Butler/R. Butler]

Secondary references:

32008 R. Zambelli. 1973. Eudimorphodon ranzii gen. nov., sp. nov., uno pterosauro Triassico. Rendiconti Scienze di Instituto Lombardo, B 107:27-32 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]