ammonites
Coisia tracksite (site 4) (Jurassic of France)

Where: Jura, France (46.3° N, 5.6° E: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 14.7° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Couches du Chailley Formation, Tithonian (150.8 - 145.5 Ma)

• Found in the upper part of the formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: peritidal; bioturbated limestone

• The emersive tendancies of Late Kimmeridgian and Tithonian facies are mud-cracks, birdseyes and laminites.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by Gourrat in 2004

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: J. Le Loeuff, C. Gourrat, P. Landry, L. Hautier, R. Liard, C. Souillat, E. Buffetaut and R. Enay. 2005. Late Jurassic sauropod footprint sites of southern Jura (France). Kaupia 14:27-31 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/K. Maguire] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 53912: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 16.09.2005