Nothosaurus cristatus-type locality (Triassic of Germany)

Also known as Eschenau quarry

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (49.1° N, 9.9° E: paleocoordinates 15.4° N, 17.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Untere Graue Mergel Member (Erfurt Formation), Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, brown marl

• This layer consists of a chocolate-brown to beige-colored marlstone that is only a few centimeters thick. However, the total thickness of E5 is almost similar to the height of the compressed skull; therefore, no further subdivision of the layer in which the new Nothosaurus specimen was found can be made.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the SMNS

Primary reference: J. K. Hinz, A. T. Matzke, and H.-U. Pfretzschner. 2019. A new nothosaur (Sauropterygia) from the Ladinian of Vellberg-Eschenau, southern Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 203272: authorized by Graeme Lloyd, entered by Graeme Lloyd on 08.08.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Nothosaurus cristatus n. sp.
Nothosaurus cristatus n. sp. Hinz et al. 2019 diapsid
GPIT/RE/09800