Baerecke-Limpricht clay pit, Halberstadt (bed 20) (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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; poorly lithified, gray sandstone

• "gray crumbly 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 139488: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.02.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Phytosauria - Parasuchidae
"Phytosauridae indet." = Mystriosuchinae, Mystriosuchus sp.
"Phytosauridae indet." = Mystriosuchinae von Huene 1915 archosaur
Teeth, cranial and postcranial remains
Mystriosuchus sp. Fraas 1896 archosaur
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae
Metoposauridae indet.
Metoposauridae indet. Watson 1919 tetrapod
 Temnospondyli - Cyclotosauridae
aff. Cyclotosaurus posthumus
aff. Cyclotosaurus posthumus Fraas 1913 tetrapod