Erdesbach (Hölle) (Permian of Germany)

Also known as Holle near Erdesbach

Where: Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (49.6° N, 7.4° E: paleocoordinates 3.1° N, 18.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: M7 Member (Meisenheim Formation), Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; lithology not reported

• "Small lake deposit"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner. 2014. Handbook of Paleoherpetology Part 3A2 Temnospondyli I. [R. Butler/E. Dunne/E. Dunne]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180796: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 03.08.2016, edited by Richard Butler

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Taxonomic list

• GPIM Collection
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Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae
Apateon caducus, Apateon pedestris
Apateon caducus Ammon 1889 tetrapod
A large growth series of some 400 specimens (Schoch, 1992)
Apateon pedestris von Meyer 1840 tetrapod
PIM material
 Temnospondyli -
Glanochthon angusta2, Sclerocephalus haeuseri1
Glanochthon angusta2 Schoch and Witzmann 2009 tetrapod
BSP specimen (anterior skull figured by Ammon, 1910)
Sclerocephalus haeuseri1 Goldfuss 1847 tetrapod
1Schoch and Witzmann 2009; 2Schoch and Witzmann 2009