Also known as Brandklinge, Pfrondorf, Tübingen

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.5° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 10.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Knollenmergel Member (Trossingen Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• middle Upper Keuper, upper Norian, Knollenmergel

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R. Pfizenmayer in 1864

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• "Found in 1864 in the localities of Jächklinge, near Pfrondorf (Quenstedt 1864: p. 308) found by Mr. Revierförster Pfizenmayer. The field designation “Gecht” could also mean “Gechtbach”, which flows into “Tiefenbach” and most likely formed the Bradklinge."

Primary reference: F. v. Huene. 1905. Trias-Dinosaurier Europas [European Triassic dinosaurs]. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 57:345-349 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48687: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.03.2005

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