Breitelen, Hallau layer c (Triassic of Switzerland)

Also known as Unter-Hallau

Where: Schaffhausen, Switzerland (47.7° N, 8.5° E: paleocoordinates 30.7° N, 10.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• from layer c, equivalent to Knollenmergel, upper Middle Keuper, now = Trossingen Fm., upper Norian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; green, red marl

• "Layer c consists of a 0.8 m layer of ordinary, green, red and spotted 'Zanclodonmergel'"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1942

Collection methods: core, mechanical,

Primary reference: B. Peyer. 1956. Über Zähne von Haramiyiden, von Triconodonten und von wahrscheinlich synapsiden Reptilien aus dem Rhät von Hallau, Kt. Schaffhausen, Schweiz [On the teeth of haramiyids, triconodonts, and probable synapsid reptiles from the Rhaetic of Hallau, Kanton Schaffhausen, Switzerland]. Schweizerische Paleontologische Abhandlungen 72:1-72 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47804: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 02.03.2005, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Archosauria -
Archosauria indet.1 archosaur
"carnivorous archosaur" tooth
 Saurischia -
Sauropodomorpha indet.2 Huene 1932 sauropodomorph