Sonnenberg (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.8° N, 9.2° E: paleocoordinates 20.9° N, 15.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lehrberg Beds Member (Weser Formation), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• Collected from the "Lehrberg Beds" or "Lehrbergschichten", now formally the Weser Formation of the Middle Keuper of Carnian age (see Deutsche Stratigraphische Kommission 2005: Cour. Forsch.-Inst. Senckenberg 253:1-296).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the SMNS

Primary reference: T. Sulej. 2002. Species discrimination of the Late Triassic temnospondyl amphibian Metoposaurus diagnosticus. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47(3):535-546 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106462: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 18.03.2011, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae
Metoposaurus sp.3 Lydekker 1890 tetrapod
SMNS 210, partial mandible, SMNS, 309, symphysis, SMNS 10505, intercentrum, SMNS 11423, interclavicle, SMNS 12713, three ribs, SMNS 12714, 17943, clavicles.
 Temnospondyli - Plagiosauridae
"Plagiosaurus striopustulatus n. sp." = Gerrothorax pulcherrimus4, cf. Plagiosternum sp.1
"Plagiosaurus striopustulatus n. sp." = Gerrothorax pulcherrimus4 Fraas 1913 tetrapod
Cleithrum
cf. Plagiosternum sp.1 Fraas 1896 tetrapod
Reptilia
 Phytosauria -
Phytosauria indet.1 Jaeger 1828 archosaur
"Belodon"
 Diapsida -
Dyoplax arenaceus n. gen. n. sp.2
Dyoplax arenaceus n. gen. n. sp.2 Fraas 1867 archosauromorph
SMNS 4760, almost complete skeleton
Osteichthyes
 Dipnoi - Ptychoceratodontidae
Ptychoceratodus concinnus1 Meyer and Plieninger 1844 lungfish