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; 2 beds close together
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; tabular, argillaceous sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by O. Jaekel in 1909-1913
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: O. Kuhn. 1939. Beiträge zur Keuperfauna von Halberstadt [Contributions to the Keuper fauna of Halberstadt]. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 21:258-286 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 139484: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Plagiosaurus sp. Jaekel 1914 tetrapod
Gerrothorax sp. Nilsson 1934 tetrapod | |
Actinopteri | |
"? Prolepidotus sp." = Lepidotes
"? Prolepidotus sp." = Lepidotes Agassiz 1832 gar | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch |