Altselingsback tracksite: Carnian, Germany
collected by Wondra & Metzner 1949

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Grallatoridae
Coelurosaurichnus metzneri n. sp. Heller 1952
synonym of Grallator tuberosus
Reptilia - Chirotheriidae
Chirotherium wondrai n. sp. Heller 1952
nomen dubium belonging to Chirotheriidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bayern
Coordinates: 49.5° North, 10.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.0° North, 15.6° 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 - 227.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Middle Keuper Member:Ansbacher Sandstone
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,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:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Wondra & Metzner Collection dates:1949
Metadata
Database number:55417
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:K. Maguire
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-10-20 14:02:55 Last modified:2013-02-28 10:48:46
Access level:the public Released:2005-10-20 14:02:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
45225. F. Heller. 1952. Reptilfährten-Funde aus dem Ansbacher Sandstein des Mittleren Keupers von Franken [Reptile track discoveries from the Anshbacher Sandstone of the Middle Keuper of Franconia]. Geologische Blätter für Nordost-Bayern und angrenzende Gebiete 2(4):129-141 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

14907ETE P. E. Olsen and D. Baird. 1986. The ichnogenus Atreipus and its significance for Triassic biostratigraphy. In: K. Padian (ed.), The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Changes Across the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 61-87 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano]