Freudenstadt (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.5° N, 8.4° E: paleocoordinates 13.8° N, 18.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Muschelkalk Group, Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Lower Muschelkalk

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the SMNS

Primary reference: O. Rieppel. 1995. The genus Placodus: systematics, morphology, paleobiogeography, and paleobiology. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 31:1-44 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138135: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 05.01.2013

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Placodontia - Placodontidae
Placodus gigas Agassiz 1833 placodont
SMNS 59370 (dorsal vertebra)