Quarry near Wolfhagen (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Hessen, Germany (51.3° N, 9.2° E: paleocoordinates 16.2° N, 19.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Detfurth Formation, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Primary reference: H. Klein and H. Haubold. 2007. Archosaur footprints – potential for biochronology of Triassic continental sequences. In S. G. Lucas & J. A. Spielmann (ed.), New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 41:120-130 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196721: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 02.10.2018

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
Protochirotherium wolfhagense n. sp. Fichter and Kunz 2004 archosaur