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Reptilia
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Sclerosaurus armatus n. gen., n. sp.
von Meyer 1857
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1 individual | |||||||||
| Holotype, counterpart blocks with a partial postcranial skeleton; specimen in the collections of the Geologisches Institut of Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg im Breisgau | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Baden-Württemberg | County: | Lörrach |
| Coordinates: | 47.6° North, 7.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.0° North, 28.0° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Upper Buntsandstein | Formation: | Plattensandstein/Rötton | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Upper Buntsandstein". The beds of the Upper Buntsandstein series (Lower and lowermost Middle Triassic of Central Europe) cropping out at Rheinfelden belong either to the Plattensandstein Fm. [Platy Sandstone Fm.] or to the overlying Rötton Fm. [Röt Claystone Fm.]. Upper Buntsandstein is early Anisian in age (Kozur & Bachmann 2008 Berichte Geol. B.-A., 76) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandy mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: specimen was found in the talus of the quarry | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Sclerosaurus holotype site | ||
| Database number: | 85939 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Mueller | Enterer: | T. Liebrecht |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-01-20 08:52:57 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2012-01-20 08:52:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28995. | H.-D. Sues and R. R. Reisz. 2008. Anatomy and Phylogenetic Relationships of Sclerosaurus armatus (Amniota: Parareptilia) from the Buntsandstein (Triassic) of Europe. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(4):1031-1042 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht] |