Langeberge, Hedeper (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (52.1° N, 10.7° E: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 10.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Rhätkeuper Formation (Keuper Group), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by L. Knoop in 1896

Collection methods: surface (float), mechanical,

Primary reference: E. Fraas. 1897. Reste von Zanclodon aus dem oberen Keuper vom Langenberge bei Wolfenbüttel [Remains of Zanclodon from the upper Keuper of Langenberge near Wolfenbüttel]. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 49(3):482-485 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 55321: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.10.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Plateosauridae
Plateosaurus sp. Meyer 1837 plateosaurid
femur (prosauropod)