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Field School (Chevenez, Switzerland) - 2023

  • Jul 23, 2023
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Ten days of excavation with the JURASSICA Museum (Canton Jura, Switzerland).


Upper Jurassic - Kimméridgien (~150 Ma).

Excavations focused on two specific levels of the Reuchenette Formation (see lithostratigraphic section):

- laminites with dinosaur tracks

- marls rich in marine vertebrates (fish, turtles, crocodylomorphs)


Site context :

  • General paleogeographic map of the Upper Jurassic in the study area.
    (Comment & Paratte 2013)
  • Simplified synthesized lithostratigraphic section of the Oxfordian and Kimmeridgian in Ajoie (JU, Switzerland).
    (Comment et al. 2015)
  • Synthetic stratigraphy (Mesozoic and Cenozoic): paleogeography, history of life on Earth and major discoveries in A16 paleontology.
    (Paratte 2012)

Photo gallery :

  • Laminites with dinosaur tracks
  • Laminites with dinosaur tracks (here visible sauropod tracks)
  • Laminites with dinosaur tracks
  • Laminites with dinosaur tracks (here a sauropod track is visible)
  • Laminites with dinosaur tracks (here a theropod track is visible)
  • Laminites with dinosaur tracks (here a theropod track is visible)
  • © crédit photo : Chloé Mazier
  • Laminites with dinosaur tracks (here visible sauropod tracks)
  • © crédit photo : Axel Phav
  • © crédit photo : Axel Phav
  • © crédit photo : Axel Phav
  • Laminites with dinosaur tracks (here a theropod track is visible)
  • Laminites with dinosaur tracks (theropod tracks visible here)

 
 
 

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