Where: Hessen, Germany (50.7° N, 9.6° E: paleocoordinates 15.7° N, 20.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Eichsfeld Sandstein Formation (Middle Buntsandstein Group), Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• "Eichsfeld Sandstein, lower part of Middle Buntsandstein section (Volpriehausen Folge, S4)" (Schoch et al. 2007)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; fine-grained, medium, yellow sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected in 1924, 1967
• HLD-V, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt
•GPIM, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Primary reference: F. v. Huene. 1932. Ein neuartiger Stegocephalen-Fund aus dem oberhessischen Buntsandstein [A new stegocephalian specimen from the Upper Hesse Buntsandstein]. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 14:200-229 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 134163: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 03.10.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Sclerothorax hypselonotus n. gen. n. sp.
Sclerothorax hypselonotus n. gen. n. sp. Huene 1932 tetrapod HLD-V 607 (lectotype), complete skull and pectoral girdle, HLD-V 608, vertebral column, GPIM-N 2045, vertebral column and mandible
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