Where: Saarland, Germany (49.4° N, 6.9° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 4.7° N, 19.3° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Meisenheim Formation, Asselian (298.9 - 293.5 Ma)
• Stratgraphy here based on Königer et al. (2002)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. Schoch and A. R. Milner. 2000. Stereospondyli. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie - Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 3B:1-203 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 180864: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 04.08.2016, edited by Joseph Flannery-Sutherland
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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Archegosaurus decheni n. gen. n. sp.
Archegosaurus decheni n. gen. n. sp. Goldfuss 1847 tetrapod Specimen in the Dechen collection figured by Goldfuss (1847) and Meyer (1857) - current location is unknown. Hundreds of other specimens from this locality in collections at BMNH, FG, GMBA, GPIT, MB, MCZ, MNMH, SMNS, UMZC.
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