Schwärzebuck, Hallau layers d & e (Triassic of Switzerland)

Where: Schaffhausen, Switzerland (47.7° N, 8.4° E: paleocoordinates 30.7° N, 10.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gruhalde Member (Klettgau Formation), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• Topmost beds of the Gruhalde Member of the Klettgau Formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified conglomerate and poorly lithified marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by E. Schutz in 1954

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: D. I. Whiteside, C. J. Duffin, and H. Furrer. 2017. The Late Triassic lepidosaur fauna from Hallau, North-Eastern Switzerland, and a new ‘basal’ rhynchocephalian Deltadectes elvetica gen. et sp. nov. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 285(1):53-74 [R. Butler/E. Dunne]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194662: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 25.06.2018, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Sauropodomorpha indet. Huene 1932 sauropodomorph
MzA NAT15065, 15067-15069
 Rhynchocephalia - Gephyrosauridae
Deltadectes elvetica Whiteside et al. 2017 rhynchocephalian
PIMUZ A/III 4450, 4451, 4452, 4453
 Eosuchia -
Sphenodontia indet. Jaekel 1910 lepidosaur
PIMUZ A/III 4455
cf. Diphydontosaurus sp. Whiteside 1986 lepidosaur
PIMUZ A/III 4454