Schlösslesmühle bone bed (Triassic of Germany)

Also known as Schlosslesmuhle

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.7° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 10.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Exter Formation (Keuper Group), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• Rhätsandstein = Exter Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collected in 1847

Primary reference: W. H. Plieninger. 1847. Zahne aus der oberen Grenzbreccie des Keupers bei Degerloch und Steinenbronn. Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 3:164-167 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67914: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 15.12.2006, edited by Roger Benson and Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Diapsida -
Plateosaurus ornatus n. sp.1 Huene 1905 archosauromorph
tooth
Osteichthyes
 Therapsida - Haramiyidae
"Microcleptidae indet." = Haramiyidae2, "Microlestes antiquus n. gen. n. sp." = Thomasia antiqua
"Microcleptidae indet." = Haramiyidae2 Simpson 1940 mammaliaform
tooth
"Microlestes antiquus n. gen. n. sp." = Thomasia antiqua Plieninger 1847 mammaliaform
teeth
 Therapsida - Tritylodontidae
Chalepotherium plieningeri n. sp.3 Ameghino 1903 mammaliamorph
tooth