Würzburg: Carnian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
1 specimen
Tooth (current whereabouts unknown)
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bayern
Coordinates: 49.8° North, 9.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.4° North, 25.9° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Carnian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 3
Key time interval: Carnian
Age range of interval: 237 - 227.3 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Keuper Formation:Stuttgart Member:Schilfsandstein
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Originally listed only as "Keuper", but Schoch & Milner (2000) list locality as Schilfsandstein, which is equivalent to the Stuttgart Formation, Middle Keuper, of Carnian age (see Deutsche Stratigraphische Kommission 2005: Cour. Forsch.-Inst. Senckenberg 253:1-296).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:97850
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:R. Butler
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-09-01 05:51:20 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-09-01 05:51:20
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

33816. G. G. Münster. 1839. Mastodonsaurus Andriani. Beiträge zur Petrefactenkunde 102-103 [R. Butler/R. Butler]

Secondary references:

28828 R. Schoch and A. R. Milner. 2000. Stereospondyli. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie - Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 3B:1-203 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]