Grebenberg near Angerstein (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (51.6° N, 9.9° E: paleocoordinates 17.1° N, 18.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Middle Muschelkalk

Environment/lithology: lithified dolomite and lithified marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Institut und Museum für Geologie und Paläontologie der Universität Göttingen

Primary reference: H. P. Schultze and H. Möller. 1986. Wirbeltierreste aus dem Mittleren Muschelkalk (Trias) von Göttingen, West-Deutschland. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 60:109-129 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 139348: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.02.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Palaeobates angustissimus Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
Acrodus cf. lateralis Agassiz 1839 elasmobranch
Osteichthyes
 Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
Saurichthys sp. Agassiz 1834 ray-finned fish
Gnathostomata
  -
Actinopterygii indet. ray-finned fish
Actinopteri
 Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae
Colobodus sp. Agassiz 1843
 Semionotiformes - Macrosemiidae
Eosemionotus vogeli Fritsch 1906
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Gyrolepis sp. Agassiz 1833
Reptilia
 Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Nothosaurus sp. Münster 1834 diapsid
Coelacanthimorpha
 Actinistia -
"Actinistia indet." = Coelacanthimorpha
"Actinistia indet." = Coelacanthimorpha lobe-finned fish