Wittighausen: 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 sp.
Münster 1834
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| MHI 1175/1 (right scapula; Rieppel 1994, fig. 54a-b) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany |
| Coordinates: | 49.6° North, 9.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.8° North, 17.6° 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 | Member: | Discoceratitenschichten | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Muschelkalk (Discoceratitenschichten) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 138091 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-01-04 22:03:27 | Last modified: | 2013-01-04 05:03:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-01-04 22:03:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |