Karlstadt/Main (Triassic of Germany)

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

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria - Cymbospondylidae
Phantomosaurus neubigi n. gen. n. sp.
Phantomosaurus neubigi n. gen. n. sp. Sander 1997 ichthyosaur