Also known as Kap Stosch
Where: Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland (74.0° N, 21.7° W: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 12.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Wordy Creek Formation, Induan (252.2 - 251.2 Ma)
• From Fish-zone V (Proptychites rosenkrantzi-zone). Earliest Triassic (Induan) in age.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Nielsen in 1932-1933
Collection methods: mechanical,
• MGUH: Museum Geologicum Universitatis Hafniensis, Copenhagen
Primary reference: E. Nielsen. 1954. Tupilakosaurus helimani n. g. et n. sp. An interesting batrachomorph from the Triassic of East Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland udgivne ap Kommissionen for Videnskabelige Undersøgelser i Grønland 72(8):1-33 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 143882: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 26.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Tupilakosaurus heilmani n. gen. n. sp.
Tupilakosaurus heilmani n. gen. n. sp. Nielsen 1954 tetrapod Specimen A, holotype (MGUH VP3328) and Specimen B (MGUH VP3329)
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