Ebrach, bed number 9: Carnian, Germany
collected by F. Heim, A. Neukam, L. Nöth 1929-1932

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae
Metoposaurus heimi Kuhn 1932
synonym of Metoposaurus diagnosticus
Parts of interclavicles and skullroof; specimens currently lost (probably destroyed in WW2)
Reptilia
Mystriosuchus sp. Fraas 1896
Kuhn 1936
Skull and lower jaw fragments; specimens currently lost (probably destroyed in WW2)
    = Phytosauria indet. Jaeger 1828
Butler et al. 2014
Mystriosuchus cf. plieningeri (Meyer 1844)
1 specimen
Lower jaw; specimen currently lost (probably destroyed in WW2)
    = Phytosauria indet. Jaeger 1828
Butler et al. 2014
Parasuchia indet. (Huxley)
Kuhn 1936
Teeth; specimens currently lost (probably destroyed in WW2)
    = Phytosauria indet. Jaeger 1828
Butler et al. 2014
? Ebrachosuchus sp. Kuhn 1936
Kuhn 1936 1 specimen
Lower jaw; specimen currently lost (probably destroyed in WW2)
    = Paleorhinus sp. Williston 1904
Hunt and Lucas 1991
    = Phytosauria indet. Jaeger 1828
Butler et al. 2014
Reptilia - Parasuchidae
Francosuchus angustifrons n. sp. Kuhn 1936
Kuhn 1936 1 specimen
recombined as Parasuchus angustifrons
BSPG 1931 X 502, skull lacking the snout
Ebrachosuchus neukami n. gen., n. sp. Kuhn 1936
Kuhn 1936 1 specimen
BSPG 1931 X 501, complete skull
Reptilia - Chirotheriidae
Chirotherium sp. Kaup 1835
Kuhn 1936
Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
Ceratodus sp. Agassiz 1838
Kuhn 1936 4 specimens
Teeth
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bayern County:Bamberg
Coordinates: 49.8° North, 10.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.3° North, 15.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:355 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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 - 227.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Keuper Formation:Hassberge Member:Blasensandstein
Local section:Ebrach Local bed:9
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Bed 9 within the Ebrach quarry (see Kuhn 1932, 1936:93), with 20-70 cm thickness; Blasensandstein locally overlies the Lehrbergschichten and underlies the Coburger Sandstein and is laterally equivalent to the Kieselsandstein of Baden-Württemberg which is now the lower Hassberge Formation, Middle Keuper Subgroup, and is considered late Carnian in age (see Deutsche Stratigraphische Kommission 2005: Cour. Forsch.-Inst. Senckenberg 253:1-296).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:desiccation cracks,fine,quartzose,white sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: "playa lake deposits" (Deutsche Stratigraphische Kommission 2005: Cour. Forsch.-Inst. Senckenberg 253:1-296).
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Abundance in sediment:few
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:salvage,selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Collection size:90 specimens
Rock censused:2500000 cm2 (area)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BSP
Collectors:F. Heim, A. Neukam, L. Nöth Collection dates:1929-1932
Collection method comments: A systematic excavation of 250 m2 was made by L. Nöth in 1932, recovering 90 specimens
Metadata
Also known as:Saurierbank Heim's, Belodonbank Nöth's, oberer Springer
Database number:97735
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:R. Butler
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-08-27 07:27:40 Last modified:2018-02-20 15:57:37
Access level:the public Released:2010-08-27 07:27:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
31149. O. Kuhn. 1932. Labyrinthodonten und Parasuchier aus dem mittleren Keuper von Ebrach in Oberfranken. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 69:94-144 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]

Secondary references:

49039 R. J. Butler, O. W. M. Rauhut, M. R. Stocker and R. Bronowicz. 2014. Redescription of the phytosaurs Paleorhinus (‘Francosuchus’) angustifrons and Ebrachosuchus neukami from Germany, with implications for Late Triassic biochronology. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]
63068 W. Haarländer. 1938. Bericht über einige Funde aus dem mittelfränkischen Keuper [Report on some finds from the Middle Franconian Keuper]. Jahresberichte und Mitteilungen des Oberrheinischen geologischen Vereins, Neue Folge 27:1-8 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
11840ETE,5% 18880A. P. Hunt and S. G. Lucas. 1991. The Paleorhinus biochron and the correlation of the non-marine Upper Triassic of Pangaea. Palaeontology 34(2):487-501 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]
35603 J. Kimmig and G. Arp. 2010. Phytosaur remains from the Norian Arnstadt Formation (Leine Valley, Germany), with reference to European phytosaur habits. Palaeodiversity 3:215-224 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
33402 O. Kuhn. 1936. Weitere Parasuchier und Labyrinthodonten aus dem Blasensandstein des mittleren Keuper von Ebrach [Further parasuchians and labyrinthodonts from the Blasensandstein of the middle Keuper of Ebrach]. Paläontographica Abteilung A 83:61-98 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]
44849 O. Kuhn. 1938. Lebensbild des Wirbeltiervorkommens im Keuper von Ebrach [Current picture of vertebrate occurrences in the Keuper of Ebrach]. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 19(1–4):315-321 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]