Where: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (51.9° N, 11.1° E: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 10.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Knollenmergel Member (Trossingen Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)
• Knollenmergel, upper Middle Keuper
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; fine-grained, dolomitic, nodular, white sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by O. Jaekel in 1909-1913
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: O. Jaekel. 1914. Über die Wirbeltierfunde in der oberen Trias von Halberstadt [On the vertebrate remains in the Upper Triassic of Halberstadt]. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 1(1):155-215 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 139483: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Anoplophora postera" = Unionites1
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Crustacea | |
cf. Lithogaster keuperinus n. sp.1
cf. Lithogaster keuperinus n. sp.1 Kuhn 1939 | |
Reptilia | |
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Osteichthyes | |
Eoraetia siegerti n. gen. n. sp.1
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Amphibia | |
Metoposaurus ultimus n. sp.1
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Hercynosaurus carinidens n. gen. n. sp.
Hercynosaurus carinidens n. gen. n. sp. Jaekel 1914 tetrapod | |
Plagiosaurus depressus n. gen. n. sp.
Plagiosaurus depressus n. gen. n. sp. Jaekel 1914 tetrapod | |
Osteichthyes | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
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