Aixheim: Norian, Germany
collected by Haug
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Proganochelys quenstedtii
Baur 1887
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| SMNS 10012, shell. SMNS 15759, skull and partial skeleton | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Plateosauridae
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Plateosaurus gracilis
(Huene 1905)
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Yates 2003 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| GPIT 'Aixheim', 18392, 18318a | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Baden-Wurttemberg |
| Coordinates: | 48.1° North, 8.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.1° North, 10.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| 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
| Geological group: | Keuper | Formation: | Löwenstein | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: middle part of formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Associated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | SMNS |
| Collectors: | Haug |
Metadata
| Database number: | 68038 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler | Enterer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-12-28 13:18:41 | Last modified: | 2018-02-20 15:52:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-12-28 13:18:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 44554. | E. Fraas. 1899. Proganochelys quenstedtii Baur (Psamochelys keuperina Qu.). Ein neuer Fund aus dem Stubensandstein. Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 55:401-424 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 28375 | E. S. Gaffney. 1990. The comparative osteology of the Triassic Turtle Proganochelys. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 194:1-263 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/R. Butler] | |
| 44548 | E. S. Gaffney and L. J. Meeker. 1983. Skull morphology of the oldest turtles: a preliminary description of Proganochelys quenstedti. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 3(1):25-28 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 25583 | ETE | P. M. Galton. 2001. Prosauropod dinosaur Sellosaurus gracilis (Upper Triassic, Germany): third sacral vertebra as either a dorsosacral or a caudosacral. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 2001(11):688-704 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 25716 | ETE | P. M. Galton. 2001. Prosauropod dinosaurs from the Upper Triassic of Germany. Actas de Las I Jornadas Internacionales Sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y Su Entorno, Salas de Los Infantes, Burgos, Spain, September 1999. Colectivo Arqueológico-Paleontológico de Salas, C.A.S. 25-92 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 19481 | ETE | A. M. Yates. 2003. The species taxonomy of the sauropodomorph dinosaurs from the Löwenstein Formation (Norian, Late Triassic) of Germany. Palaeontology 46(2):317-337 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |