Queck, Sclerothorax type locality: Smithian, Germany
collected 1924, 1967
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Sclerothoracidae
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Sclerothorax hypselonotus n. gen., n. sp.
Huene 1932
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| HLD-V 607 (lectotype), complete skull and pectoral girdle, HLD-V 608, vertebral column, GPIM-N 2045, vertebral column and mandible | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Hessen | County: | Oberhessen |
| Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 9.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.6° North, 29.2° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Altitude: | 220 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early Triassic |
| Stage: | Olenekian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Smithian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 249.9 - 248.1 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Middle Buntsandstein | Formation: | Eichsfeld Sandstein | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Eichsfeld Sandstein, lower part of Middle Buntsandstein section (Volpriehausen Folge, S4)" (Schoch et al. 2007) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,medium,yellow sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1924, 1967 |
| Collection method comments: HLD-V, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt
GPIM, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 134163 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-10-03 20:37:07 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-10-03 20:37:07 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43176. | F. v. Huene. 1932. Ein neuartiger Stegocephalen-Fund aus dem oberhessischen Buntsandstein [A new stegocephalian specimen from the Upper Hesse Buntsandstein]. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 14:200-229 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 43177 | M. Fastnacht. 2004. An intriguing temnospondyl skeleton from the Lower Triassic of Germany. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 232:195-213 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 43178 | R. R. Schoch, M. Fastnacht, J. Fichter and T. Keller. 2007. Anatomy and relationships of the Triassic temnospondyl Sclerothorax. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52(1):117-136 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |