Nuschelberg: Norian, Germany
collected by Wunder
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plateosauridae
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Plateosauridae indet.
Marsh 1895
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3 elements | |||||||||
| NHGN 5771, rib fragment, 5755, partial left ischium, 5753, partial right humerus. All destroyed during WW2 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Bayern | County: | Nürnberger Land |
| Coordinates: | 49.5° North, 11.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.1° North, 11.5° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| 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: | Feuerletten | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Material probably collected from the "Plateosaurus-Konglomerat", part of the Feuerletten (equivalent to the Trossingen Formation), upper Middle Keuper. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Wunder |
| Collection method comments: NHGN: Naturhistorisches Gesellschaft Nürnberg | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 97822 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-08-31 05:54:40 | Last modified: | 2010-08-31 08:54:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-08-31 05:54:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |