Also known as Zanclodon type site, Schwäbisch

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (49.0° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 15.3° N, 17.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Lettenkeuper Member (Erfurt Formation), Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• Lettenkohle (= Lower Lettenkeuper or lower Erfurt Formation). Erfurt Formation is Ladinian in age (see Deutsche Stratigraphische Kommission 2005: Cour. Forsch.-Inst. Senckenberg 253:1-296).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Plieninger. 1846. Über ein neues Sauriergenus und die Einreihung der Saurier mit flachen, schneidenden Zähnen in Eine Familie [On a new saurian genus and incorporating the saurian with flat, cutting teeth into a family]. Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 2:148-154 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48685: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.03.2005, edited by Richard Butler

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