Also known as Karlstadt am Main
Where: Bayern, Germany (50.0° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 15.5° N, 19.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: pulcher/robustus ammonoid zone, Muschelkalk Group, Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• "Middle pulcher/robustus Zone, lower part of Upper Muschelkalk, Late Anisian"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Reposited in the BSP
Collection methods: chemical,
• "the specimen has suffered from poor chemical preparation"
Primary reference: M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke. 2006. The braincase of Phantomosaurus neubigi (Sander, 1997), an unusual ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic of Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(3):598-607 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 94551: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.02.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Phantomosaurus neubigi n. gen. n. sp.
Phantomosaurus neubigi n. gen. n. sp. Sander 1997 ichthyosaur |