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 | |
Rhaeticosaurus mertensi n. gen. n. sp.
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