Primasens quarry tracksite (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (49.2° N, 7.6° E: paleocoordinates 13.8° N, 19.6° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Buntsandstein Formation, Early/Lower Triassic (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, trace

Collected by Kirschner

Primary reference: F.-O. Haderer and S. Sachs. 2012. Eine Fährtenplatte mit Chirotherium barthii KAUP und cf. Rotodactylus aus dem Oberen Buntsandstein (Untere Trias) von Pirmasens [A slab with tracks of Chirotherium barthii KAUP and cf. Rotodactylus from the Upper Buntsandstein (Lower Triassic) of Pirmasens]. Mitteilungen der Pollichia 96:5-10 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 222574: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.10.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pseudosuchia - Rotodactylidae
cf. Rotodactylus sp. Peabody 1948 archosaur
 Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
Chirotherium barthii Kaup 1835 archosaur