Herzogenweiler (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.5° N, 8.4° E: paleocoordinates 13.3° N, 20.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kristallsandstein Member (Hardegsen Formation), Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• "Kristallsandstein above first Violet Horizon (VH 1c7), Hardegsen Formation (S6), top of the regional Middle Buntsandstein section"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the SMNS

• FSD, Fürstenbergische Sammlung, Donaueschingen, Germany

Primary reference: H. v. Meyer. 1855. Zur Fauna der Vorwelt. Die Saurier des Muschelkalkes mit Rücksicht auf die Saurier aus Buntem Sandstein und Keuper [The Fauna of the Ancient World. The Saurians of the Muschelkalk with Regard to the Saurians of the Buntem Sandstone and Keuper] viii-167 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118144: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 06.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Temnospondyli -
"Labyrinthodon fuerstenberganus n. sp." = Meyerosuchus fuerstenbergianus
"Labyrinthodon fuerstenberganus n. sp." = Meyerosuchus fuerstenbergianus Meyer 1855 tetrapod
FSD-1 (cast: SMNS 469), a natural mould of the anterior palate