Arnstadt (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Thuringia, Germany (50.8° N, 10.9° E: paleocoordinates 18.1° N, 17.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Erfurt Formation (Keuper Group), Longobardian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; marl

• "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

Collection methods: NHMS-WT, Naturhistorisches Museum Schleusingen, Germany

Primary reference: R. Damiani, R. R. Schoch, H. Hellrung, R. Werneburg, and S. Gastou. 2009. The plagiosaurid temnospondyl Plagiosuchus pustuliferus (Amphibia: Temnospondyli) from the Middle Triassic of Germany: anatomy and functional morphology of the skull. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155:348-373 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106353: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 11.03.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Plagiosauridae
"Plagiosternum pustuliferum" = Plagiosuchus pustuliferus
"Plagiosternum pustuliferum" = Plagiosuchus pustuliferus Fraas 1896 tetrapod
NHMS-WT 650, near complete but disarticulated postcranial skeleton and fragments of the skull