Where: Bayern, Germany (49.3° N, 10.0° E: paleocoordinates 15.6° N, 17.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Muschelkalk Group, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)
• Upper Muschelkalk Subgroup (mo3, Discoceratitenschichten), middle Ladinian
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the SMNS
Collection methods: mechanical, acetic,
Primary reference: O. Rieppel. 1994. The braincases of Simosaurus and Nothosaurus: monophyly of the Nothosauridae (Reptilia: Sauropterygia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(1):9-23 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138085: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 04.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Nothosaurus giganteus Münster 1834 diapsid SMNS 55298, 58457 (vertebrae); plus smns, uncatalogued (several vertebrae)
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