Road work on Hwy 303 near Kreuzthal (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Bavaria, Germany (50.1° N, 10.4° E: paleocoordinates 17.3° N, 17.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Longobardian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)

• from a layer 40 cm above the Werksandsteins

Environment/lithology: marine; concretionary, green, blue claystone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: C. Brauckmann and T. Schlüter. 1993. Neue Insekten aus der Trias von Unter-Franken. Geologica et Palaeontologica 27:181-199 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 115973: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 04.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Dicondylia -
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 beetle
SMTE 5928/2-3