Hegnabrunn near Kulmbach: Ladinian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Placodontia
- Cyamodontidae
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? Cyamodus sp.
von Meyer 1863
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Rieppel 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| SMNS 59825 (isolated dorsal vertebra; Rieppel 1994, fig. 47) | ||||||||||
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= Cyamodus sp.
von Meyer 1863
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Rieppel 1995 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Placodontia
- Placodontidae
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Placodus sp.
Agassiz 1833
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Rieppel 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| SMNS 59826 (isolated dorsal centrum; Rieppel 1994, fig. 48c); SMNS 59822 (Rieppel 1994, fig. 53c) | ||||||||||
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Placodus gigas
Agassiz 1833
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Rieppel 1995 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
| BPS 1968 I 75 (skull; Broili 1912, platr 14, figs 1-4); BSP 1968 I 76 and SMNS uncatalogued, coll. M. Wild #98 (mandibles); SMNS 59827 and smns uncatalogued, coll. M. Wild #1365 (humeri) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Eosauropterygia
- Nothosauridae
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Nothosaurus sp.
Münster 1834
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| SMNS 59075, 59076; partial skulls; plus SMNS 59817 (Rieppel 1994, fig. 46) | ||||||||||
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Nothosaurus mirabilis
Münster 1834
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Rieppel and Wild 1996 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| SMNS uncatalogued, coll. M. Wild no. 2074 and 564 (mandibles); | ||||||||||
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Nothosaurus giganteus
Münster 1834
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Rieppel and Wild 1996 | |||||||||
| SMNS, uncatalogued several vertebrae | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Bavaria | County: | Kulmbach |
| Coordinates: | 50.1° North, 11.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.8° North, 18.4° 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 | Ammonoid zone: | Ceratites enodis + Ceratites sublaevigatus |
| Age range of interval: | 242.00000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Muschelkalk | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Muschelkalk (mo2; zones of Ceratites enodis and Ceratites sublaevigatus), lower Ladinian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | mechanical,acetic,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | SMNS |
Metadata
| Database number: | 138087 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-01-04 21:10:54 | Last modified: | 2023-12-01 20:03:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-01-04 21:10:54 |
| 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] | |
| 44175 | O. Rieppel. 1995. The genus Placodus: systematics, morphology, paleobiogeography, and paleobiology. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 31:1-44 [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] |