Baiselsberg tracksite (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (49.0° N, 9.0° E: paleocoordinates 32.0° N, 10.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Löwenstein Formation (Keuper Group), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• Middle Keuper, Norian km4; originally Untere Stubensandstein, now = upper part of Löwenstein Fm., upper Norian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),

Primary reference: F.-O. Haderer. 1988. Ein dinosauroider Fährtenrest aus dem Unteren Stubensandstein (Obere Trias, Nor, km4) des Strombergs (Württemberg) [A dinosauroid trackway from the Lower Stubensandstein (Upper Triassic, Norian, km4) of the Stromberg (Württemberg)]. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 138:1-12 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 50302: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.05.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
cf. Grallator sp. Hitchcock 1858 theropod
"The trackmaker is similar to Procompsognathus"