Allersberg, Feuerletten: Norian, Germany
collected by Schwertschlager 1898

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Plateosauridae
Plateosauridae indet. Marsh 1895
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]