Where: Germany (51.5° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 17.5° N, 19.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Muschelkalk Group, Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• Lowermost Muschelkalk
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
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 138122: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 05.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Nothosaurus hecki n. sp.
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