Breitelen, Hallau layer c: Norian, Switzerland
collected 1942
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Archosauria
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Archosauria indet.
Cope 1869
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Galton 1986 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| "carnivorous archosaur" tooth | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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"Gresslyosaurus" sp.
Rütimeyer 1856
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Galton 1986 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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= Plateosaurus sp.
Meyer 1837
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Weishampel et al. 2004 | |||||||||
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= Sauropodomorpha indet.
Huene 1932
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Rauhut et al. 2020 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Switzerland | State/province: | Schaffhausen |
| Coordinates: | 47.7° North, 8.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.7° North, 10.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 421 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| Stage: | Norian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Norian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 227.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Local section: | Hallau | Local bed: | c | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: from layer c, equivalent to Knollenmergel, upper Middle Keuper, now = Trossingen Fm., upper Norian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green,red marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "Layer c consists of a 0.8 m layer of ordinary, green, red and spotted 'Zanclodonmergel'" | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | core,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1942 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Unter-Hallau | ||
| Database number: | 47804 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-03-02 07:35:04 | Last modified: | 2020-07-13 10:26:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-02 07:35:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19839. | ETE | B. Peyer. 1956. Über Zähne von Haramiyiden, von Triconodonten und von wahrscheinlich synapsiden Reptilien aus dem Rhät von Hallau, Kt. Schaffhausen, Schweiz [On the teeth of haramiyids, triconodonts, and probable synapsid reptiles from the Rhaetic of Hallau, Kanton Schaffhausen, Switzerland]. Schweizerische Paleontologische Abhandlungen 72:1-72 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 13645 | ETE | W. A. Clemens. 1980. Rhaeto-Liassic mammals from Switzerland and West Germany. Zitteliana 5:51-92 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 12799 | ETE | P. M. Galton. 1986. Prosauropod dinosaur Plateosaurus (= Gresslyosaurus) (Saurischia: Sauropodomorpha) from the Upper Triassic of Switzerland. Geologica et Palaeontologica 20:167-183 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 72985 | O. W. M. Rauhut, F. M. Holwerda, and H. Furrer. 2020. A derived sauropodiform dinosaur and other sauropodomorph material from the Late Triassic of Canton Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 113:8:1-54 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 23520 | ETE | D. B. Weishampel, P. M. Barrett, R. A. Coria, J. Le Loeuff, X. Xu, X. Zhao, A. Sahni, E. M. P. Gomani, and C. R. Noto. 2004. Dinosaur distribution. In D. B. Weishampel, H. Osmolska, and P. Dodson (eds.), The Dinosauria (2nd edition). University of California Press, Berkeley 517-606 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |