Also known as Burrerschen Quarry, Weisser Steinbruch, Heilbronn
Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (49.1° N, 9.0° E: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 10.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Löwenstein Formation, Alaunian (215.6 - 212.0 Ma)
• from "untere Fäule", originally assigned to lowermost marl band of Middle Stubensandstein. Middle Keuper, Middle Norian; now middle part of Löwenstein Fm.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; tabular, white sandstone and gray, blue marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by A. Burrer, G. Mayer, E. Fraas in 1902-1914; reposited in the SMNS
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: E. Fraas. 1907. Aetosaurus crassicauda n. sp. nebst Beobachtungen über das Becken der Aetosaurier [Aetosaurus crassicauda n. sp. together with observations on the pelvis of aetosaurs]. Mitteilungen aus dem Königlichen Naturalien-Kabinett zu Stuttgart 42:101-109 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 47800: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 02.03.2005, edited by Bethany Allen and Richard Butler
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Teratosaurus minor n. sp." = Efraasia minor9, "Efraasia minor" = Efraasia minor9, "Sellosaurus fraasi n. sp." = Efraasia minor4, "Thecodontosaurus diagnosticus n. sp." = Efraasia minor1
"Thecodontosaurus diagnosticus n. sp." = Efraasia minor1 Huene 1908 sauropodomorph SMNS 12667, 12668
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"Sellosaurus gracilis" = Plateosaurus gracilis3
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Procompsognathus triassicus n. gen. n. sp.2
Procompsognathus triassicus n. gen. n. sp.2 Fraas 1913 before elegant jaw SMNS 12591; prob. = Hallopus celerrimus
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Halticosaurus longotarsus n. sp.7
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"Aetosaurus crassicauda n. sp." = Aetosaurus ferratus
"Aetosaurus crassicauda n. sp." = Aetosaurus ferratus Fraas 1877 aetosaur SMNS 11837 (holotype), 12670, isolated dorsal plates, 14882, articulated tail
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"Halticosaurus orbitoangulatus n. sp." = Apatosuchus orbitoangulatus8, Saltoposuchus connectens n. gen. n. sp.7, Saltoposuchus longipes n. sp.7
"Halticosaurus orbitoangulatus n. sp." = Apatosuchus orbitoangulatus8 Huene 1932 archosaur SMNS 12353b (holotype), partial skull
Saltoposuchus connectens n. gen. n. sp.7 Huene 1921 crocodilian SMNH 12352, 12591a, 12597; orig. "Aetosaurus (var minor)"
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Nicrosaurus meyeri n. sp.5 Hungerbühler and Hunt 2000 archosaur SMNS 12593, complete skull, SMNS 12593/2, skull lacking the snout
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Amphibia | |
Cyclotosaurus posthumus n. sp.6
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