Goldsacksglück quarry, Steinlah, Salzgitter (Triassic to of Germany)

Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (52.1° N, 10.3° E: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 9.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Arnstadt Formation (Middle Keuper Group), Norian to Norian (228.0 - 201.3 Ma)

• upper part of the Arnstadt Formation (Kimmig & Arp 2010)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; paleosol/pedogenic, pyritic, gray dolomite

• "grey, pyrite-rich dolomite with 'oolitic fabric'", represents a "reworked dolocrete palaeosol"; Kimmig & Arp (2010).

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1874

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: F. v. Huene. 1923. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis und Beurteilung der Parasuchier. Jahrbuch der Preußischen Geologischen Landesanstalt zu Berlin 42:59-160 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106517: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 23.03.2011

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Reptilia
 Phytosauria - Parasuchidae
cf. Nicrosaurus sp.
cf. Nicrosaurus sp. Fraas 1866 archosaur
Fragmentary cranial and postcranial remains