Allersberg, Feuerletten: Norian, Germany
collected by Schwertschlager 1898
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Plateosauridae
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Plateosauridae indet.
Marsh 1895
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1 specimen | |||||||||
JM Keu 2001/1, left tibia. Other bones observed in field but not collected | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Germany | State/province: | Bayern | County: | Roth |
Coordinates: | 49.3° North, 11.2° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 32.9° 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: | 228.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Keuper | Formation: | Trossingen | Member: | Feuerletten |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Feuerletten (equivalent to the Trossingen Formation), upper Middle Keuper (see Deutsche Stratigraphische Kommission 2005: Cour. Forsch.-Inst. Senckenberg 253:1-296) |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandy conglomerate |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "sandstone bank" - actually a "quartz conglomerate" | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Collectors: | Schwertschlager | Collection dates: | 1898 |
Collection method comments: JM: Jura Museum, Eichstätt |
Metadata
Database number: | 97832 | ||
Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2010-08-31 08:08:36 | Last modified: | 2018-02-20 16:02:51 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-08-31 08:08:36 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
44840. | R. Dehm. 1935. Beobachtungen im oberen Bunten Keuper Mittelfrankens [Observations on the upper Bunter Keuper from middle Franconia]. Zentralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Abteilung B: Geologie und Paläontologie 1935(4):97-109 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
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] |