Where: Thuringia, Germany (50.4° N, 10.8° E: paleocoordinates 16.0° N, 20.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chirotheriensandstein Formation (Buntsandstein Group), Olenekian to Olenekian (251.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, quartzose, gray sandstone and fine-grained claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace
Collected by Rühle von Lilienstern
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: M. Lang and F. v. Huene. 1952. Die Saurier Thüringens nach Erhebungen ihres centralen Betreuters Dr. med. u. Dr. rer. nat. h. c. Hugo Rühle von Lilienstern† [The Dinosaurs of Thuringia after Surveys of Their Central Supervisor M.D. and Dr. Nat. Sci. Hugo Rühle von Lilienstern†] 1-42 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 191139: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.01.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Chirotherium sp. Kaup 1835 archosaur |