Baerecke-Limpricht clay pit, Halberstadt (bed 18): Rhaetian, Germany
collected by O. Jaekel 1909-1913

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Equisetaceae
cf. Equisetites munsteri
Kuhn 1939
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
cf. Podozamites distans (Presl 1838)
Kuhn 1939
Malacostraca - Decapoda
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802
Mudroch et al. 2006
Gastropoda - Viviparidae
Paludinidae indet. Fitzinger 1833
Jaekel 1914
    = aff. Paludina sp. Férussac 1812
Kuhn 1939
Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
Unionidae indet. Rafinesque 1820
Jaekel 1914
    = Unio franconicus
Kuhn 1939
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
cf. Acrodus sp. Agassiz 1834
Kuhn 1939
Reptilia
Stegochelys dux n. gen., n. sp. Jaekel 1914
Jaekel 1914 1 individual
MB 1910.45.2 (holotype), skull and partial skeleton
Triassochelys dux (Jaekel 1914)
Kuhn 1939
Parvosaurus harudensis n. gen., n. sp. Freisem et al. 2024
Freisem et al. 2024
MB.R.4520.2 (holotype)
Reptilia - Sphenodontidae
Elachistosuchus huenei n. gen., n. sp. Janensch 1949
Janensch 1949 1 individual
Reptilia
cf. Halticosaurus longotarsus Huene 1908
Kuhn 1939
Reptilia - Avetheropoda
Carnosauria indet. Huene 1920
Kuhn 1939
Reptilia
Pterospondylus trielbae n. gen., n. sp. Jaekel 1914
Jaekel 1914 1 specimen
Halticosaurus aff. liliensterni Huene 1934
Kuhn 1939 1 specimen
scapula
    = Liliensternus sp. Welles 1984
Sander 1992
Reptilia - Plateosauridae
Plateosaurus sp. Meyer 1837
25 individuals
HMN I, XXIV, XXV = MB.R.1937
    = Plateosaurus longiceps n. sp. Jaekel 1913
Galton 2001
MB R.1937
Reptilia
Plateosauridae indet. Marsh 1895
Jaekel 1914 1 individual
HMN III = MB.R.4401.1–18
    = Gresslyosaurus torgeri n. sp. Jaekel 1911
Jaekel 1911
MB.R.4401.1-18
Haramiyidae
Thomasia informal sp. 1
Hahn 1973 1 specimen
    = Thomasia hahni n. sp. Butler and Macintyre 1994
Butler and Macintyre 1994
MN, lower molar
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Hemiprichisaurus keuperinus n. gen., n. sp. Kuhn 1939
Kuhn 1939
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Cyclotosauridae
Cyclotosaurus hemprichi n. sp. Kuhn 1942
Schoch and Werneburg 1999
Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae
cf. Colobodus sp. Agassiz 1843
Kuhn 1939
Actinopteri - Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae
cf. Hypsocormus sp.
Kuhn 1939
Actinopteri
Teleostei indet. (Müller 1846)
Kuhn 1939
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Sachsen-Anhalt
Coordinates: 51.9° North, 11.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.7° North, 10.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:109 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Rhaetian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 4
*International age/stage:Norian - Rhaetian
Key time interval: Rhaetian
Age range of interval: 208.5 - 201.4 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Keuper Formation:Trossingen Member:Knollenmergel
Local section:Halberstadt Local bed:18
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Knollenmergel, upper Middle Keuper
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,green,red,blue claystone
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: .; "12 m of mudstones of mainly greenish-gray and reddish colors...overlain by fluvial sandstones...claystones with a very low carbonate content.", also described as a "bluish clay"
Environment:"floodplain"
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: miring
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Lagerst�tten type:concentrate
Degree of concentration:-multiple events
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Articulated whole bodies:some
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Fragmentation:occasional
Bioerosion:occasional
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Collection size:39 specimens
Rock censused:140000 cm2 (area)
Reason for describing collection:taphonomic analysis
Collectors:O. Jaekel Collection dates:1909-1913
Collection method comments: ETE reference list: 478
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1559, Plateosaurus bonebed
Database number:22684
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer, R. Benson, M. Carrano, M. Uhen, A. Dunhill Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, J. Gillis, R. Benson, B. Allen, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:taphonomy,vertebrate
Created:2001-04-23 01:00:00 Last modified:2022-07-19 12:28:51
Access level:the public Released:2001-04-23 01:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
53337. O. Jaekel. 1910. Die Fussstellung und Lebensweise der grossen Dinosaurier [The foot posture and way of life of the large dinosaurs]. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 62:270-277 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

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89618 L. S. Freisem, J. Müller, H. Sues and G. Sobral. 2024. A new sphenodontian (Diapsida: Lepidosauria) from the Upper Triassic (Norian) of Germany and its implications for the mode of sphenodontian evolution. BMC Ecology and Evolution 24(1) [M. Uhen/J. Gillis]
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