Quarry west of Schleerieth (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.0° N, 10.1° E: paleocoordinates 17.2° N, 17.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Lower Keuper, basal layer of blue and green clays

Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; green, blue claystone and fine-grained sandstone

• A network of temporary islands and rivers
• "the Level of the discovery lies in the basal layer of blue and green clays with the horizon of Roteisensteinkonkretionen" Geyer & Kelber, 1987

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: G. Geyer and K. P. Kleber. 1987. Flügelreste und Lebensspuren von Insekten aus dem Unteren Keuper Mainfrankens. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 174(3):331-355 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 114861: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 25.08.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Taeniopteris angustifolia
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"Taeniopteris angustifolia" = Danaeopsis angustifolia
"Taeniopteris angustifolia" = Danaeopsis angustifolia Schenk 1864
Insecta
 Dicondylia -
Blattodea indet.
Blattodea indet. Latreille 1810 cockroach
fragment of a hindwing
 Blattodea - Mancusoblattidae
? Pedinoblatta sp.
? Pedinoblatta sp. Handlirsch 1912 cockroach
SMTE 5926/1-82
 Dicondylia -
Triadochorista schleeriethensis n. gen. n. sp.
Triadochorista schleeriethensis n. gen. n. sp. Geyer and Kleber 1987 winged insect
SMF 44109
 Ichnofossils -
Phagophytichnus ekowskii
Phagophytichnus ekowskii van Amerom 1966
insect feeding trace found on leaf of Taeniopteris angustifolia