Quarry at the Bindlacher Berg, near Bayreuth: Anisian, Germany
collected by J. Strunz <1895
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Nothosaurus strunzi n. sp.
Geissler 1895
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Pistosaurus longaevus | ||||||||||
| SMF R4041, holotype anterior part of postcranial skeleton | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Eosauropterygia
- Nothosauridae
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Nothosaurus sp.
Münster 1834
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Rieppel 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Isolated dorsal centrum (SMNS 59820; Rieppel 1994, fig. 48b); right ilium (SMNS 59821; Rieppel 1994, fig. 50a-b) | ||||||||||
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Nothosaurus giganteus
Münster 1834
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Rieppel and Wild 1996 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| SMNS 16250b (humerus) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany |
| Coordinates: | 50.0° North, 11.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.0° North, 20.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Anisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Anisian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 247.20000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Muschelkalk | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Hauptmuschelkalk, late Anisian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: The specimen was originally embedded in a large slab of limestone | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | SMF | ||
| Collectors: | J. Strunz | Collection dates: | <1895 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 130793 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-07-13 18:51:32 | Last modified: | 2022-11-09 15:27:29 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-07-13 18:51:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42288. | H. -D. Sues. 1987. Postcranial skeleton of Pistosaurus and interrelationships of the Sauropterygia (DIapsida). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 90:109-131 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |
Secondary references:
| 44166 | O. Rieppel. 1994. Osteology of Simosaurus gaillardoti and the relationships of stem-group Sauropterygia. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 28:1-85 [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 44168 | O. Rieppel and R. Wild. 1996. A revision of the genus Nothosaurus (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Germanic Triassic, with comments on the status of Conchiosaurus clavatus. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 34:1-82 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |