Also known as type locality of Tambaroter carrolli

Where: Thuringia, Germany (50.8° N, 10.6° E: paleocoordinates 8.9° N, 22.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Finsterbergen conglomerate Member (Tambach Formation), Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• "The upper [i.e. the Finsterbergen] conglomerate, which is 10 to 50 m thick, contains crystalline clasts derived from the Ruhla crystalline uplift located northwest of the Bromacker locality in addition to rhyolite clasts from the Oberhof uplift. A conglomerate near the top of the exposed section at the discovery site contains crystalline clasts, indicating that the exposed strata are of the upper conglomerate, most likely from the lowermost portion of this unit."

•In the primary reference the Tambach Fm. is said to to be of Wolfcampian (i.e. early lower Permian) age. Other authors (see here for example), however, favor an assignment to the Kungurian (i.e. late lower Permian). So, assignment of this collection to the Artinskian is a compromise between both views.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: MNG = Museum der Natur, Gotha

Primary reference: A. C. Henrici, T. Martens, D. S. Berman and S. S. Sumida. 2011. An Ostodolepid ‘Microsaur’ (Lepospondyli) from the Lower Permian Tambach Formation of Central Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(5):997-1004 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121601: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 08.12.2011

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