Hoffmannsthal near Fallersleben (Triassic to of Germany)

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

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Eosuchia -
Polysphenodon muelleri n. gen. n. sp.
Polysphenodon muelleri n. gen. n. sp. Jaeckel 1911 lepidosaur
MB R 1032, partial skeleton (cast, original specimen lost)