Where: Lorraine, France (49.5° N, 5.8° E: paleocoordinates 38.7° N, 15.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Aalenian (175.6 - 171.6 Ma)

• Age is assumed based on known Aalenian age of iron formations of the area.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; ferruginous lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Caillere and F. Kraut. 1951. Sur un fragment d'os fossile mineralisé provenant des assises ferrifères de Moulaine (Meurthe-et-Moselle) [On a fragment of mineralized fossil bone from the iron-bearing bases of Moulaine (Meurthe-et-Moselle)]. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences 232(11):1128-1130 [M. Carrano/H. Street/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 107354: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 06.04.2011