PBDB

Baerecke-Limpricht clay pit, Halberstadt (bed 18) (Triassic of Germany)

Also known as ETE Locality 1559, Plateosaurus bonebed

Where: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (51.9° N, 11.1° E: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 10.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Knollenmergel Member (Trossingen Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• Knollenmergel, upper Middle Keuper

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; gray, green, red, blue claystone and sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: miring

• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: .; "12 m of mudstones of mainly greenish-gray and reddish colors...overlain by fluvial sandstones...claystones with a very low carbonate content.", also described as a "bluish clay"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by O. Jaekel in 1909-1913

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• ETE reference list: 478

Primary reference: O. Jaekel. 1910. Die Fussstellung und Lebensweise der grossen Dinosaurier [The foot posture and way of life of the large dinosaurs]. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 62:270-277 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22684: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.04.2001, edited by Matthew Carrano, Bethany Allen and Roger Benson

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae	cf. Acrodus sp.⁶ cf. Acrodus sp.⁶ Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
Amphibia
Temnospondyli - Cyclotosauridae	Cyclotosaurus hemprichi n. sp.⁹ Cyclotosaurus hemprichi n. sp.⁹ Kuhn 1942 tetrapod
Temnospondyli -	Hemiprichisaurus keuperinus n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Hemiprichisaurus keuperinus n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Kuhn 1939 tetrapod
Osteichthyes
Therapsida - Haramiyidae	Thomasia hahni n. sp.¹ Thomasia hahni n. sp.¹ Butler and Macintyre 1994 mammaliaform
Reptilia
Testudinata -	"Stegochelys dux n. gen. n. sp." = Proganochelys quenstedtii⁴, "Triassochelys dux" = Proganochelys quenstedtii⁶ "Stegochelys dux n. gen. n. sp." = Proganochelys quenstedtii⁴ Baur 1887 turtle MB 1910.45.2 (holotype), skull and partial skeleton "Triassochelys dux" = Proganochelys quenstedtii⁶ Baur 1887 turtle
Saurischia -	Pterospondylus trielbae n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Pterospondylus trielbae n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Jaekel 1914 ceratosaur
Avetheropoda -	Carnosauria indet.⁶ Carnosauria indet.⁶ carnosaur
Saurischia -	Liliensternus sp.⁸, cf. Halticosaurus longotarsus⁶, Gresslyosaurus torgeri n. sp.³ Liliensternus sp.⁸ Welles 1984 neotheropod scapula cf. Halticosaurus longotarsus⁶ Huene 1908 theropod Gresslyosaurus torgeri n. sp.³ Jaekel 1911 Gressly's lizard HMN III = MB.R.4401.1–18
Saurischia - Plateosauridae	"Plateosaurus longiceps n. sp." = Plateosaurus erlenbergiensis² "Plateosaurus longiceps n. sp." = Plateosaurus erlenbergiensis² Huene 1905 plateosaurid HMN I, XXIV, XXV = MB.R.1937
Eosuchia - Sphenodontidae	Elachistosuchus huenei n. gen. n. sp.⁵ Elachistosuchus huenei n. gen. n. sp.⁵ Janensch 1949 lepidosaur
Actinopteri
Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae	cf. Colobodus sp.⁶ cf. Colobodus sp.⁶ Agassiz 1843
Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae	cf. Hypsocormus sp.⁶ cf. Hypsocormus sp.⁶
Teleostei -	Teleostei indet.⁶ Teleostei indet.⁶
Malacostraca
Decapoda -	Decapoda indet.⁷ Decapoda indet.⁷ Latreille 1802 decapod
Bivalvia
Unionida - Unionidae	Unio franconicus⁶ Unio franconicus⁶ freshwater mussel
Gastropoda
Architaenioglossa - Viviparidae	aff. Paludina sp.⁶ aff. Paludina sp.⁶ Férussac 1812 snail
Polypodiopsida
Equisetales - Equisetidae	cf. Equisetites munsteri⁶ cf. Equisetites munsteri⁶

Coniferales - Podocarpaceae	cf. Podozamites distans⁶ cf. Podozamites distans⁶ Presl 1838 podocarp

¹Butler and Macintyre 1994; ²Galton 2001; ³Jaekel 1911; ⁴Jaekel 1914; ⁵Janensch 1949; ⁶Kuhn 1939; ⁷Mudroch et al. 2006; ⁸Sander 1992; ⁹Schoch and Werneburg 1999