Where: Westphalia, Germany (51.3° N, 7.3° E: paleocoordinates 0.8° S, 13.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Marsdenian (321.3 - 320.0 Ma)
• Namurian B = early Bashkirian, Marsdenian
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Specimens at Bergbaumuseum Bochum
Primary reference: J. A. Boy and K. Bandel. 1973. Bruktererpeton fiebili n. gen n. sp. (Amphibia: Gephyrostegida) Der erste Tetrapode au dem Rheinisch-Westfalischen barbon (Namur B; W. Deutschland) (Bruktererpeton fiebili n. gen n. sp. (Amphibia: Gephyrostegida) The first Tetrapod form the Carboniferous of the Rhein-Ruhr-District (Namurian B; West-Germany)). Palaeontographica. Abteilung A A145(1-3):39-77 [R. Butler/E. Dunne/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 175907: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 18.01.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Bruktererpeton fiebigi n. gen. n. sp.
Bruktererpeton fiebigi n. gen. n. sp. Boy and Bandel 1973 tetrapod 610 WB Bergbaumuseum (holotype, plate and counter-plate of almost complete skeleton)
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