Also known as ETE Locality 1557, Plateosaurus bonebed
Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.1° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 35.6° N, 10.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Trossingen Formation, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)
• Knollenmergel = Upper Stubensandstein
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; poorly lithified, red mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by E. Fraas, F. v. Huene, R. Seemann in 1911–1912, 1921–1923, 1932, 2007–2010
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: F. v. Huene. 1928. Lebensbild des Saurischier-Vorkommens im Obersten Keuper von Trossingen in Württemberg [Life-picture of an ancestral saurischian from the Upper Keuper of Trossingen in Württemberg]. Palaeobiologica 1:103-116 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22682: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.04.2001, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Plateosaurus sp.3 Meyer 1837 plateosaurid Specimens #1, 4, 19, 23, 25, 26, 30, 34, 38, 40–42, 45, 49, 51, 52, 55, 56, 63; SMNS 81914, 91299, 91301, 91306
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