Rhaeticosaurus-type locality (Triassic of Germany)

Also known as Clay pit #3 of Lücking brick company, Bonenburg

Where: Westphalia, Germany (51.6° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 38.9° N, 9.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Exter Formation, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Wintrich, S. Hayashi, A. Houssaye, Y. Nakajima, and P. M. Sander. 2017. A Triassic plesiosaurian skeleton and bone histology inform on evolution of a unique body plan. Science Advances 3:e1701144 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194782: authorized by Graeme Lloyd, entered by Graeme Lloyd on 29.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Plesiosauria -
Rhaeticosaurus mertensi n. gen. n. sp.
Rhaeticosaurus mertensi n. gen. n. sp. Wintrich et al. 2017 plesiosaur
LWL-MFN P 64047