Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.8° N, 9.2° E: paleocoordinates 31.8° N, 10.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Knollenmergel Member (Trossingen Formation), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• Knollenmergel, upper Middle Keuper, late Norian; 10 feet above P. reinigeri type stratum

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta plain; lenticular marl and coarse-grained sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Plieninger in 1847

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: T. Plieninger. 1850. Prof. Dr. Plieninger, welcher schon zuvor erklärt hatte, nur dann Einiges zur Sprache bringen zu wollen, wenn nach Anhörung der Vorträge auswärtiger Mitglieder noch Zeit übrig wäre, berührte in freiem Vortrag, den er später geschrieben zu den Akten gab, zuletzt noch folgende Gegenstände [Prof. Dr. Plieninger, who had already previously explained that he only would talk about certain things if there was enough time after listening to the presentations by outside members, touched on the following subjects in an informal presentation, of which he subsequently deposited a written record in the archives]. Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 8:161-172 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48691: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.03.2005

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