Kocury (Triassic of Poland)

Also known as Fösterei Kotzuren

Where: Opole, Poland (50.8° N, 18.4° E: paleocoordinates 36.4° N, 15.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lissauer Breccia Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Gürich

Primary reference: F. v. Huene. 1932. Die fossile Reptil-Ordnung Saurischia, ihre Entwicklung und Geschichte [The fossil reptile order Saurischia, their development and history]. Monographien zur Geologie und Palaeontologie, serie 1 4(1-2):1-361 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140077: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.02.2013, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
cf. Metaceratodus sp. Chapman 1914 lungfish
ZPALV.66/5, right lower dental plate with attached portion of the prearticular bone
Reptilia
 Diapsida -
Archosauromorpha indet. Huene 1946 archosauromorph
ZPALV.66/39 and ZPALV.66/40, two small teeth.
 Archosauria -
Archosauria indet. Cope 1869 archosaur
ZPALV.66/3, centrum of a vertebra; ZPALV.66/7, skull bone (?nasal); ZPAL V.66/32, dorsal portion of the neural spine.
 Phytosauria -
Termatosaurus albertii Meyer and Plieninger 1844 archosaur
Tooth Mentioned by Roemer (1870)
 Pseudosuchia - Stagonolepididae
Kocurypelta silvestris n. gen. n. sp.
Kocurypelta silvestris n. gen. n. sp. Czepiński et al. 2021 aetosaur
Holotype—ZPALV.66/4, left maxilla lacking the anteriormost portion. Referred Material—ZPAL V.66/1, isolated left paramedian dorsal osteoderm; ZPAL V.66/2, isolated right dorsal lateral osteoderm; ZPAL V.66/6, part of isolated right dorsal lateral osteoderm; ZPAL V.66/19, part of isolated broken ventral thoracic or paramedian osteoderm.
 Theropoda -
Velocipes guerichi n. gen. n. sp.
Velocipes guerichi n. gen. n. sp. Huene 1932 neotheropod
 Testudinata - Proterochersidae
Proterochersis cf. porebensis Szczygielski and Sulej 2016 turtle
ZPAL V.66/9, carapace fragment; ZPAL V.66/10, bridge fragment; ZPAL V.66/11, carapace fragment; ZPAL V.66/12, part of a right femur; ZPAL V.66/14, shell fragment; ZPAL V.66/15, costal fragment; ZPAL V.66/16, plastron fragment; ZPAL V.66/18, posterior right part of the carapace; ZPAL V.66/20, left pubis; ZPAL V.66/21, shell (?carapace) fragment; ZPAL V.66/25, shell fragment; ZPAL V.66/34, costal fragment; ZPAL V.66/35, shell fragment; ZPAL V.66/37, plastron (? hyoplastron) fragment.