Also known as Plateosaurus type site, Nürnberg
Where: Bayern, Germany (49.5° N, 11.1° E: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 11.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Feuerletten Member (Trossingen Formation), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• from Plateosaurus-Konglomerat (= "Zanclodon-Breccie") of the Feuerletten (= "Zanclodon-Letten"); equivalent to Knollenmergel or Trossingen Formation of the upper Middle Keuper, upper Norian (see Deutsche Stratigraphische Kommission 2005: Cour. Forsch.-Inst. Senckenberg 253:1-296).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Engelhardt in 1834
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• UEN: Institut für Paläontologie der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen
Primary reference: H. v. Meyer. 1837. Mittheilungen, an Professor Bronn gerichtet [Communications, sent to Professor Bronn]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 1837:314-317 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 48683: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.03.2005, edited by Richard Butler
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Proganochelyidae indet. turtle UEN 549, piece of plastron; previously identified as possible dermal scute
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Plateosaurus engelhardti n. gen. n. sp.
Plateosaurus engelhardti n. gen. n. sp. Meyer 1837 plateosaurid UEN 552, sacrum (lectotype); UEN 550, caudal verteba, 551, chevron, 554/555, femur, 556, tibia, 557a-b, posterior dorsal, 558, caudal vertebra, 559, femoral head, 561, 562, middle dorsal vertebrae, 563a-c, middle dorsal rib. Missing pubis fragments and caudal vertebra
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