Where: Thuringia, Germany (50.4° N, 10.8° E: paleocoordinates 16.0° N, 20.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chirotheriensandstein Formation (Buntsandstein Group), Olenekian to Olenekian (251.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• Thuringischer Chirotheriensandstein
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, quartzose, gray sandstone and fine-grained claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace
Collected by R. Sickler & Kessler in 1833–1834, 2003–2004
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: J. J. Kaup. 1835. Thier-Fährten von Hildburghausen: Chirotherium oder Chirosaurus [Animal tracks from Hildburghausen: Chirotherium or Chirosaurus]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrfaktenkunde 1835:327-328 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 182300: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.10.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Agostropus falcatus n. gen. n. sp.1
Agostropus falcatus n. gen. n. sp.1 | |
Reptilia | |
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Hamatopus wildfeueri n. gen. n. sp.1
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"Chirotherium hildburghausense" = Synaptichnium hildburghausense2, Chirotherium sp.1, Chirotherium ? vorbachi1, "Chirotherium barthii n. gen. n. sp." = Chirotherium barthii, "Chirotherium ? barthi" = Chirotherium barthii1, "Chirotherium pfeifferi" = Chirotherium barthii2
"Chirotherium barthii n. gen. n. sp." = Chirotherium barthii Kaup 1835 archosaur | |
Osteichthyes | |
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Onychopus | |
Onychopus triadicus n. gen. n. sp.1
Onychopus triadicus n. gen. n. sp.1 |