Braz, Klosterthal (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Vorarlberg, Austria (47.1° N, 9.9° E: paleocoordinates 8.6° N, 21.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Partnach Formation, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Rieppel. 1996. The status of the sauropterygian reptile Partanosaurus zitteli Skuphos from the Middle Triassic of the Austrian Alps, with comments on Microleptosaurus schlosseri Skuphos. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 70(3/4):567-577 [M. Carrano/H. Street/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 199760: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 13.02.2019

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Nothosauria -
Partanosaurus zitteli n. sp. Skuphos 1893 nothosaur
Geologische Bundesanstalt, Vienna, uncatalogued (holotype), a string of 15 completely or partially preserved, but articulated dorsal vertebrae, three additional but disarticulated dorsal vertebrae, the left scapula in articulation with a fragment of the clavicle, fragments of a coracoid, and a number of ribs or rib fragments including one probable sacral rib