Untersiemau, Coburgosuchus holotype (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Bayern, Germany (50.2° N, 11.0° E: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 10.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Burgsandstein Formation), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• Specimen is from the lower Upper Burgsandstein (Oberer Burgsandstein), equivalent to the Löwenstein Formation/Arnstadt Formation of the upper Middle Keuper subgroup, and is of Norian age (see Deutsche Stratigraphische Kommission 2005: Cour. Forsch.-Inst. Senckenberg 253:1-296).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coarse-grained, dolomitic, nodular, yellow sandstone

• "coarse-grained dolomitic arkose with marl nodules"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by H. Göckel in 1952

Collection methods: salvage, quarrying,

• Specimen is in the Naturkunde-Museum Coburg

Primary reference: F. Heller. 1954. Ein Parasuchier-Schädelrest aus dem Oberen Burgsandstein von Coburg [A parasuchian skull remain from the Upper Burgsandstein of Coburg]. Geologisch Blätter für Nordost-Bayern 3:1-13 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97731: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 27.08.2010

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Phytosauria -
Coburgosuchus goeckeli n. gen. n. sp.
Coburgosuchus goeckeli n. gen. n. sp. Heller 1954 archosaur
Posterior part of skull, snout and lower jaw missing