Ellingen, "Am Tiergärtle": Norian, Germany
collected by BSPG 1962
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Rauisuchia indet.
Huene 1942
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Moser 2003 | |||||||||
| invalid subgroup of Suchia | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Moser 2003 | |||||||||
| Two taxa, of which one attains at least 7 m body size | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Plateosauridae
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Plateosaurus sp.
Meyer 1837
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70 %-elements | |||||||||
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= Plateosaurus engelhardti
Meyer 1837
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Moser 2003 | |||||||||
| BSP 1962.XLVI, general number containing approximately 70% plateosaurid material | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Bayern | County: | Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen |
| Coordinates: | 49.1° North, 11.0° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.6° North, 11.6° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Altitude: | 431 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| Stage: | Norian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Norian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 227.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Keuper | Formation: | Trossingen | Member: | Feuerletten |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: uppermost Feuerletten which in the Ellingen area is 25 m thick and overlies the Upper Burgsandstein and underlies the Arietenkalksandstein of lower Sinemurian age. The Bavarian Feuerletten is equivalent to the Trossingen Formation of the upper Middle Keuper, and is upper Norian in age (see Deutsche Stratigraphische Kommission 2005: Cour. Forsch.-Inst. Senckenberg 253:1-296). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | marl |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | lacustrine - small |
| Geology comments: Interpreted as an ox-bow lake | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | -bonebed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Abundance in sediment: | common |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | BSP | ||
| Collectors: | BSPG | Collection dates: | Aug 1962 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 75758 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-10-26 08:20:32 | Last modified: | 2018-02-20 16:02:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-10-26 08:20:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59084. | F. Cimerman. 1963. Ob dinozavrovem grobu [On a dinosaur graveyard]. Proteus 25(4-5):116-119 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 25608 | ETE | P. M. Galton. 2000. The prosauropod dinosaur Plateosaurus MEYER, 1837 (Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha). I. The syntypes of P. engelhardti MEYER, 1837 (Upper Triassic, Germany), with notes on other European prosauropods with "distally straight" femora. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 216(2):233-275 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 60342 | H. Haubold. 1997. Keuper Formation. In P. J. Currie & K. Padian (ed.), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs 389-390 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 33788 | M. Moser. 2003. Plateosaurus engelhardti Meyer, 1837 (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) aus dem Feuerletten (Mittelkeuper; Obertrias) von Bayern. Zitteliana B 24:1-188 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] |