near Bergün (Triassic of Switzerland)
Where: Graubünden, Switzerland (46.6° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 21.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Prosanto Formation, Fassanian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. L. Carroll and P. Gaskill. 1985. The nothosaur Pachypleurosaurus and the origin of plesiosaurs. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 309:343-393 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 196661: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 27.09.2018
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Pachypleurosaurus staubi n. sp.
Pachypleurosaurus staubi n. sp. Kuhn-Schnyder 1959 diapsid Zurich A /III 254, partial postcranial skeleton
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