List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Heptasaurus cappelensis
(Wepfer 1923)
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Reptilia
- Tanystropheidae
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Reptilia
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5 specimens | ||||||||||
SMNS 91041, left ilium, SMNS 91402, dorsal vertebra, SMNS 91403-91405, neural spines | ||||||||||
= Ctenosauriscidae indet.
Kuhn 1964
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Chondrichthyes
- Selachii
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Germany | State/province: | Baden-Württemberg | County: | Waldshut |
Coordinates: | 47.7° North, 8.2° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 26.2° North, 28.2° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
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: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-05-17 18:55:09 |
Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
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] |