Blatt Witzenhausen, between Eichenberg and Bornhagen (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.4° N, 9.9° E: paleocoordinates 38.9° N, 9.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• "Rätsandstein"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by E. Zimmermarn in 1900

• Repository: Preussischen Geologischen Landesanstalt (now Zentralen Geologischen Instituts Berlin)

Primary reference: F. E. Zeuner. 1930. Über einige Käfer aus dem deutschen Keuper. Jahrbuch der Preussischen Geologischen Landesanstalt 51:462-467 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/O. Alfaro]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161917: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera -
Triadocoleopteron spectabile n. gen. n. sp. Zeuner 1930 beetle