Also known as ETE Locality 1558, Plateosaurus bonebed

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.1° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 10.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Löwenstein Formation (Keuper Group), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• "untere Knochenschicht" of Knollenmergel, now considered to be the upper part of the Löwenstein Fm. (upper Norian)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; poorly lithified, green, red mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by E. Fraas, F. v. Huene, R. Seemann in 1911–1912, 1921–1923, 1932, 2007–2010; reposited in the AMNH, SMNS

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• GPIT: Paläontologischen Sammlung der Universität Tübingen

Primary reference: E. Fraas. 1913. Die neuesten Dinosaurierfunde in der schwäbischen Trias [The newest dinosaur finds in the Swabian Trias]. Naturwissenschaften 1(45):1097-1100 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22683: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.04.2001, edited by Matthew Carrano and Richard Butler

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