Frankenhof, Piesting (Cretaceous of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.9° N, 16.1° E: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 17.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Coal-Bearing Complex Formation (Gosau Group), Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collected in 1861

Primary reference: B. F. Nopcsa. 1918. Leipsanosaurus n. gen. in neuer thyreophore aus der Gosau [Leipsanosaurus n. gen. a new thyreophoran from the Gosau]. Földtani Közlöny 48:324-328 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 60819: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 24.05.2006

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Nodosauridae
"Leipsanosaurus noricus n. gen. n. sp." = Struthiosaurus austriacus
"Leipsanosaurus noricus n. gen. n. sp." = Struthiosaurus austriacus Bunzel 1871 ankylosaur
NHM 1861.I.46