List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Capitosauria indet.
Yates and Warren 2000
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Butler et al. 2011 | |||||||||
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Heptasaurus cappelensis
(Wepfer 1923)
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Schoch and Werneburg 1999 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Mastodonsaurus cappelensis | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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cf. Ctenosauriscus sp.
Kuhn 1964
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| SMNS 91041, left ilium, SMNS 91402, dorsal vertebra, SMNS 91403-91405, neural spines | ||||||||||
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= Ctenosauriscidae indet.
Kuhn 1964
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Butler et al. 2011 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Tanystropheidae
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aff. Amotosaurus rotfeldensis
Fraser and Rieppel 2006
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Butler et al. 2011 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Selachii
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Selachii indet.
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Butler et al. 2011 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Baden-Württemberg | County: | Waldshut |
| Coordinates: | 47.7° North, 8.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 13.0° North, 19.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Altitude: | 780 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Upper Buntsandstein | Formation: | Röt | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "The pit exposed strata of the Upper Buntsandstein (Röt Formation), which is securely dated as of earliest Anisian (Aegean–early Bithynian) age due to the interfingering of marine and terrestrial sediments within this formation and the resultant possibility of biostratigraphic correlations using shallow marine invertebrates such as ammonites (e.g. Lucas & Schoch 2002; Kozur & Bachmann 2005, 2008). Palaeomagnetic data also support an earliest Anisian age for the Röt Formation (Kozur & Bachmann 2005). The ctenosauriscid material from Waldhaus stems from a massive greenish coarse sandstone (Rötquarzit) below the Violet Horizon 5 (Falkenstein 2001); the latter is a paleosol within the Röt Formation from which most other Röt Formation vertebrates in southwestern Germany were collected (Kamphausen & Ortlam 1993)." (see Butler et al. 2011 for details) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coarse,green sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | variable |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | salvage,selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | SMNS | ||
| Collectors: | F. Falkenstein | Collection dates: | 1989-1991 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Waldshut | ||
| Database number: | 109490 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, A. Dunhill | Enterer: | R. Butler, B. Allen |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-05-17 18:55:09 | Last modified: | 2011-10-05 06:02:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-05-17 18:55:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36194. | K. Ebel, F. Falkenstein, F.-O. Haderer and R. Wild. 1998. Ctenosauriscus koeneni (v. Huene) und der Rauisuchier von Waldshut - Biomechanische Deutung der Wirbelsäule und Beziehungen zu Chirotherium sickleri Kaup. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 261:1-18 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 37542 | R. J. Butler, S. L. Brusatte, M. Reich, S. J. Nesbitt, R. R. Schoch and J. J. Hornung. 2011. The sail-backed reptile Ctenosauriscus from the latest Early Triassic of Germany and the timing and biogeography of the early archosaur radiation. Plos One 6(10):e25693 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 67041 | R. R. Schoch and R. Werneburg. 1999. The Triassic labyrinthodonts from Germany. Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie Teil I 7-8:629-650 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] |