Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (52.4° N, 10.7° E: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 10.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Keuper Group, Carnian to Carnian (237.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• "Middle Keuper (Carnian to Lower Norian)"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Reposited in the MfN
Primary reference: N. C. Fraser and M. J. Benton. 1989. The Triassic reptiles Brachyrhinodon and Polysphenodon and the relationships of the sphenodontids. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 96:413-445 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 98627: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 15.10.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Polysphenodon muelleri n. gen. n. sp.
Polysphenodon muelleri n. gen. n. sp. Jaeckel 1911 lepidosaur MB R 1032, partial skeleton (cast, original specimen lost)
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