Gaildorf (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (49.0° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 16.1° N, 17.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lettenkeuper Member (Erfurt Formation), Longobardian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)

• Collected from the Lettenkeuper or Lettenkohle (layer at Gaildorf was also previously referred to as the Alaunschiefer or Vitriolschiefer), now formally the Erfurt Formation of the Lower Keuper (see Deutsche Stratigraphische Kommission 2005: Cour. Forsch.-Inst. Senckenberg 253:1-296) of Longobardian (late Ladinian) age. "the type horizon [of Mastodonsaurus] was probably in the lower part of the Lower Lettenkeuper." (Moser & Schoch 2007)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; shale

• "this formation has been interpreted as representing an estuarine environment, supported by the frequent succession of very shallow marine, limnic/brackish swamp, and deltaic deposits" (Schoch 2006: JVP 26, 29)

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the SMNS

Primary reference: G. F. Jaeger. 1828. Über die Fossile Reptilien, Welche in Württemberg Aufgefunden Sind [On the Fossil Reptiles That Are Found in Württemberg]. Verlag der Metzler'schen Buchhandlung, Stuttgart 1-48 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106350: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 11.03.2011, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae
"Kupferzellia wildi" = Tatrasuchus wildi3
"Kupferzellia wildi" = Tatrasuchus wildi3 Schoch 1997 tetrapod
 Temnospondyli -
"Salamandroides giganteus n. gen. n. sp." = Mastodonsaurus giganteus, "Mastodonsaurus jaegeri n. sp." = Mastodonsaurus giganteus2
"Salamandroides giganteus n. gen. n. sp." = Mastodonsaurus giganteus Jaeger 1828 tetrapod
GPIT Am 678 (= GPIT 1824), partial occiput. SMNS 4698, 54679, 4707, 4938, partial and complete skulls. Postcranial material, including SMNS 4698, 56630, 4706, SMNS, GPIT unnumbered
"Mastodonsaurus jaegeri n. sp." = Mastodonsaurus giganteus2 Jaeger 1828 tetrapod
SMNS 55911, large tooth (lectotype)
 Temnospondyli - Plagiosauridae
"Plagiosternum pustuliferum n. sp." = Plagiosuchus pustuliferus1
"Plagiosternum pustuliferum n. sp." = Plagiosuchus pustuliferus1 Fraas 1896 tetrapod
SMNS 55909, interclavicle (lectotype). SMNS 13331. Partial skull, partial left and right mandibles, and anterior part of the postcranium