Neidenfels, near Crailsheim: Ladinian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Eosauropterygia
- Nothosauridae
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Nothosaurus giganteus
Münster 1834
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Rieppel and Wild 1996 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| SMNS 17438 (vertebra, upper Muschelkalk [Trochitenkalk], Stengelberg, Neidenfels near Crailsheim | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Eosauropterygia
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Pachypleurosauroidea indet.
Huene 1956
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Rieppel 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MB uncatalogued (Rieppel 1994, fig. 49 of a dorsal centrum from the specimen) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Nothosauria
- Simosauridae
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Simosaurus gaillardoti
Meyer and Plieninger 1842
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| SMNS 10360: the skull was originally described by Jaekel (1905), Huene (1952), Romer (1956), Kuhn-Schnyder (1961), Rieppel (1989) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Baden-Württemburg |
| Coordinates: | 49.4° North, 8.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.1° North, 16.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Ladinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ladinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 242.00000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Muschelkalk | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Muschelkalk, upper layers | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,acetic,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | SMNS |
Metadata
| Database number: | 138083 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-01-04 20:56:54 | Last modified: | 2023-08-31 08:34:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-01-04 20:56:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 44165. | O. Rieppel. 1994. The braincases of Simosaurus and Nothosaurus: monophyly of the Nothosauridae (Reptilia: Sauropterygia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(1):9-23 [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] |