Where: Šiaulių apskritis, Lithuania (56.2° N, 22.9° E: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 15.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.4 Ma)
• The Triassic redbeds exposed in the quarry are typically considered part of the Lower Triassic (Induan) Nemunas Formation. However, the presence of phytosaurs (a typical Upper Triassic group) suggests that at least some of the sediments in the quarry are younger than previously appreciated
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by Brusatte, Butler, Niedzwiedzki et al. in 2009-2010
Collection methods: surface (float),
• AkKM G, Akmene Country Museum, Akmeme, Lithuania
Primary reference: S. L. Brusatte, R. J. Butler, G. Niedzwiedzki, T. Sulej, R. Bronowicz and J. Satkunas. 2013. First record of Mesozoic terrestrial vertebrates from Lithuania: phytosaurs (Diapsida: Archosauriformes) of probable Late Triassic age, with a review of phytosaur biogeography. Geological Magazine 150(1):110-122 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 114996: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 26.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Phytosauria indet. Jaeger 1828 archosaur AkKM G – 038, a premaxillary fragment; 202 AkKM G – 039, a premaxillary fragment; AkKM G 203 – 040, a right premaxillary tooth; AkKM G – 041, a 204 left maxillary tooth; AkKM G – 042, a right maxillary 205 tooth.
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