Eifel Mountains, near Mechernich: Anisian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Cyclotosaurus mechernichensis n. sp.
Jux and Pflug 1958
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| "impression of the posterior part of a skull roof" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Coordinates: | 50.6° North, 6.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.8° North, 26.3° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Anisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Anisian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 246.7 - 241.464 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Buntsandstein | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Upper Buntsandstein (Anisian)" (Damiani 2001) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 197719 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Dunhill | Enterer: | B. Allen |
| Created: | 2018-11-23 06:23:45 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-11-23 06:23:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30410. | R. J. Damiani. 2001. A systematic revision and phylogenetic analysis of Triassic mastodonsauroids (Temnospondyli: Stereospondyli). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 133(4):379-482 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht] |