Also known as Brandklinge, Pfrondorf, Tübingen
Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.5° N, 9.1° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 35.0° N, 18.6° E (Wright 2013)
• 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
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Pachysaurus magnus n. sp.
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Plateosaurus quenstedti n. sp.
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