A Late Jurassic sauropod tracksite from Southern Jura (France)

Jean Leloeuff (1) , Christian Gourrat , Patrice Landry , Lionel Hautier , Romain Liard , Christel Souillat , Eric Buffetaut (2) , Raymond Enay (2)

1 Musée des Dinosaures
2 PEPS - PaleoEnvironnements et PaleobioSphere

The discovery of sauropod trackways in the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) of the Jura department (eastern France) is reported. More han 170 footprints (pes and manus prints) comprise at least nine trackways. The footprints are referred to the ichnogenus Parabrontopodus, haracterized by a narrow-gauge trackway. The locality of Coisia is the most important sauropod tracksite in France.

Mots clés: Footprints; Dinosauria; Sauropoda; Tithonian; Jura; France

Domaines: Paléontologie

Jean Leloeuff, Christian Gourrat, Patrice Landry, Lionel Hautier, Romain Liard, et al.. A Late Jurassic sauropod tracksite from Southern Jura (France). Comptes Rendus. Palevol, 2006, 5, pp.705-709. ⟨10.1016/j.crpv.2006.01.007⟩. ⟨hal-00144936⟩