Neuenstein tracksite: Carnian, Germany
collected by T. Plieninger 1841

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Chirotheriidae
Chirotherium sp. Kaup 1835
    = cf. Chirotherium sp. Kaup 1835
Girard 1846
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Baden-Württemberg County:Stuttgart
Coordinates: 49.2° North, 9.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.4° North, 15.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Carnian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 3
Key time interval:Carnian
Age range of interval:237.00000 - 228.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Keuper Formation:Lettenkohle
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "Kohlensandstein"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:T. Plieninger Collection dates:1841
Metadata
Also known as:Hohenlohe
Database number:187948
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-08-18 16:14:10 Last modified:2019-07-15 09:44:12
Access level:the public Released:2017-08-18 16:14:10
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

69415. H. v. Meyer and T. Plieninger. 1844. Beiträge zur Paläontologie Württemberg’s, enthaltend die Fossilen Wirbelthierreste aus den Triasgebilden mit Besonderer Rücksicht auf die Labyrinthodonten des Keupers [Contributions to the Paleontology of Württemberg, Including the Fossil Vertebrate Remains from the Triassic Formations with Special Regard to the Labyrinthodonts of the Keupers] 1-132 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

63086 H. Girard. 1846. Über die Fährten vorweltlicher Thiere im Sandstein, insbesondere von Chirotherium [On the tracks of prehistoric animals in sandstone, especially Chirotherium]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 1846:1-22 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]