Totes Gebirge phytosaurs: Norian, Austria
collected by O. Schultz, R. Seeman, G. Sverak and W. Prenner 1982
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Parasuchidae
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Mystriosuchus planirostris
(Meyer 1863)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna: good cranial and postcranial material of several (at least three) individuals | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Austria | State/province: | Styria |
| Coordinates: | 47.6° North, 14.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 20.0° North, 32.2° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late Triassic |
| Stage: | Norian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Norian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 227.3 - 205.7 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Dachsteinkalk | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The Dachstein Limestone is of broadly Norian age (e.g. Roniewicz et al. 2007. Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 147:577–594.), but the position of the phytosaur material within the formation has not yet been documented. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
| Geology comments: "The stratified Dachsteinkalk is interpreted as having been deposited in a shallow marine environment corresponding to a vast lagoon limited externally by coral reefs" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | NHMW | ||
| Collectors: | O. Schultz, R. Seeman, G. Sverak and W. Prenner | Collection dates: | 1982 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 97845 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-09-01 00:33:42 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-09-01 00:33:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 33810. | E. Buffetaut. 1993. Phytosaurs in time and space. Paleontologia Lombardia, Nuova serie 2:39-44 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |