Diepersdorf: Norian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Plateosauridae
? Plateosauridae indet. Marsh 1895
1 element
NHGN 5769, cervical rib, destroyed in WW2
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bayern County:Nürnberger Land
Coordinates: 49.5° North, 11.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.1° North, 11.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: NHGN: Naturhistorisches Gesellschaft Nürnberg
Metadata
Database number:97825
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:R. Butler
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-08-31 07:02:51 Last modified:2010-08-31 10:02:51
Access level:the public Released:2010-08-31 07:02:51
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]