Baerecke-Limpricht clay pit, Halberstadt (bed 13) (Triassic of Germany)

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"; fine-grained, green, argillaceous sandstone

• "green, fine-grained sand and clay"

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 139485: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.02.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
 Temnospondyli -
Saurischiocomes keuperinus n. gen. n. sp.
Saurischiocomes keuperinus n. gen. n. sp. Kuhn 1939 tetrapod
Reptilia
 Diapsida - Tanystropheidae
cf. Chelyzoon sp.
cf. Chelyzoon sp. Huene 1902 archosauromorph
 Placodontia - Henodontidae
Chelyoposuchus crassisquamatus n. gen. n. sp.
Chelyoposuchus crassisquamatus n. gen. n. sp. Kuhn 1939 placodont