Also known as Esperstedt
Where: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (51.4° N, 11.7° E: paleocoordinates 17.3° N, 19.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Schaumkalkbänke Member (Jena Formation), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• Saurierkalk (orbicularis layers, lower middle Muschelkalk)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the BSP
Primary reference: O. Rieppel and R. Wild. 1996. A revision of the genus Nothosaurus (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Germanic Triassic, with comments on the status of Conchiosaurus clavatus. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 34:1-82 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138114: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 04.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Nothosaurus venustus n. sp., Conchiosaurus clavatus n. sp.
Conchiosaurus clavatus n. sp. Meyer 1833 diapsid First reported by Meyer (1834, PI. I, Fig. 4): BSP AS I 1446; incomplete skull
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