Genus: Vouivria MANNION, ALLAIN, & MOINE, 2017
Etymology: Old French, vouivre', itself from the Latin, vipera, "Viper.". In Frenche-Comte, the region in which the holotype was discovered, 'la vouivre' (= The wyvern)) is a legendary winged reptile. In the homonym novel written by the great French author Marcel Ayme, 'La Vouivre' is a beautiful woman who lives in the swamps in the neighbourhood of Dole (Franche-Comte) and protects a spectacular ruby.
Species: dampariensis MANNION, ALLAIN, & MOINE, 2017
Etymology: In reference to Damparis, Eastern France, the type locality of the new taxon.
= Bothriospondylus madagascariensis DORLODOT,
1934
= Bothriospondylus madagascarensis LAPPARENT, 1943
= Sauropodomorpha incertae sedis BUFFETAUT, 1988
Holotype: MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 1 to DAM 42.
Locality: Solvay group/Inovyn company quarry (47°3'59.63"N, 5°25'9.01"E:elevation ~200N), Damparis, near Dole, Jura, Franche-Comte, Eastern France.
Horizon: Tidalites de Mouchard Member, Calcaires de Clerval Formation.
Biostratigraphy: Rotoides or Stenocyloides subzones.
Age: Late Middle to early late Oxfordian Stage, Lower Malm Epoch, Early Late Jurassic.
Material:
Breakdown as follows.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 1-DAM5: 5 teeth.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 6: A middle-posterior cervical vertebra.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 7: A posterior cervical vertebra.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 8: A middle dorsal vertebra.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 9: A middle-posterior dorsal vertebra.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 10: An aterior caudal vertebra.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 11: Left astragalius.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 12: Left metatarsal.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 13: Right metatarsal I.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 14: Right metatarsal III.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 15: Left manula phalax II-1.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 16: Left manual phalanx I-1.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 17: Left manual phalanx III-1.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 18: Left manual phalanx.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 19: Right carpal.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 20: Proximal half of left metacarpal I.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 21: Left metacarpal II
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 22: Left metacarpal III.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 23: Left metacarpal III.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 24: Right metacarpal III.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 25: Left scapula.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 26: Right scapula.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 27: Right coracoid.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 28: Right humerus.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 29: Right ulna.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 30: Left ulnae.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 31: Distal left pubis.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 32: A partial sacrum.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 33: 2 manual (?) ungual phalanges, left ilium.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 34: Left ischium.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 35: Right ischium.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 36: Right femur.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 37: Left femur.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 38: Distal end of right tibia.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 39: Right fibula.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 40: Left fibula.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 41: Numerous thoracic ribs.
MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 42: The posterior half of the centrum of a middle-posterior cervical vertebra, distal end of left metatarsal II.