Quarry in Am Faulenberg near Würzburg (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.8° N, 10.0° E: paleocoordinates 22.1° N, 15.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Keuper Group, Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• "Cardinien-Sandstein" by Sandberger

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine delta plain; lithified, fine-grained, glauconitic sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Sandberger

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: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 114928: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 25.08.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• omits all plants found
Insecta
 Dicondylia -
Coleoptera "indet. A" Linnaeus 1758 beetle
Prachtkäfer of Sandberger, 1882; WGIU F 3562
Coleoptera "indet. B" Linnaeus 1758 beetle
"Curculionites prodromus" according to Sandberger, 1867 WGIU F 2650
Coleoptera "indet. C" Linnaeus 1758 beetle
Glaphyroptera sp. in Sandberger, 1867 WGIU F 2651a