Olgahain bonebed, Bebenhausen (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.6° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 10.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Exter Formation (Keuper Group), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• "Rhätsandstein" = Exter Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deltaic; fine-grained, white sandstone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Collected by E. von Huene in 1931

Collection methods: bulk,

• GPIT: Paläontologische Sammlung der Universität Tübingen

Primary reference: E. Hennig. 1922. Die Säugerzähne des württembergischen Rhät-Lias-Bonebeds. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 46:181-267 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131422: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 24.07.2012, edited by Richard Butler and Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
Saurichthys sp.6
Saurichthys sp.6 Agassiz 1834 ray-finned fish
Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria - Ichthyosauridae
"Ichthyosaurus" sp.6
"Ichthyosaurus" sp.6 Koenig 1818 ichthyosaur
 Saurischia -
"Gresslyosaurus" sp.6
"Gresslyosaurus" sp.6 Rütimeyer 1856 Gressly's lizard
 Phytosauria -
Phytosauria indet.6, Termatosaurus sp.6
Phytosauria indet.6 Jaeger 1828 archosaur
Teeth
Termatosaurus sp.6 Plieninger 1844 archosaur
 Plesiosauria -
"Plesiosaurus" sp.6
"Plesiosaurus" sp.6 de la Beche and Conybeare 1821 plesiosaur
 Testudinata -
Testudinata indet.1
Testudinata indet.1 Oppel 1811 turtle
Plastron fragment
Osteichthyes
 Therapsida -
Tricuspes cf. tuebingensis4, Cynodontia indet.6
Tricuspes cf. tuebingensis4 Huene 1933 therapsid
 Therapsida - Haramiyidae
"Microcleptidae indet." = Haramiyidae7, ? Thomasia sp.3, Thomasia antiqua5, Thomasia antiqua2
"Microcleptidae indet." = Haramiyidae7 Simpson 1940 mammaliaform
tooth
? Thomasia sp.3 Poche 1908 mammaliaform
GPIT 1541/1
Thomasia antiqua5 Plieninger 1847 mammaliaform
GPIT 1430/1, 1561/1, teeth
Thomasia antiqua2 Plieninger 1847 mammaliaform
GPIT 1430/2 tooth
 Therapsida - Tritylodontidae
Oligokyphus biserialis n. sp., Oligokyphus triserialis n. gen. n. sp.
Oligokyphus biserialis n. sp. Hennig 1922 cynodont
Oligokyphus triserialis n. gen. n. sp. Hennig 1922 cynodont
 Therapsida -
? Ictidosauria indet.6
? Ictidosauria indet.6 Broom 1929 cynodont
 Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
Ceratodus sp.6
Ceratodus sp.6 Agassiz 1838 lungfish
Chondrichthyes
 Selachii -
Selachii indet.6
 Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Strophodus sp.6, Acrodus sp.6
Strophodus sp.6 Agassiz 1838 elasmobranch
Acrodus sp.6 Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
Polyacrodus sp.6
Polyacrodus sp.6 Jaekel 1889 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp.6
Hybodus sp.6 Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiola minima" = Modiolus minimus6
"Modiola minima" = Modiolus minimus6 Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Leda deffneri6
Leda deffneri6 Oppel 1856 pointed nut clam
1Benton and Wild 1994; 2Butler and Macintyre 1994; 3Clemens 1980; 4Clemens and Martin 2014; 5Hahn 1973; 6Huene 1933; 7Huene 1940