Tambach-Dietharz temporary excavation site: Artinskian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Ostodolepidae
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Tambaroter carrolli n. gen., n. sp.
Henrici et al. 2011
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1 individual | |||||||||
| MNG 14708 holotype | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Thuringia | County: | Gotha |
| Coordinates: | 50.8° North, 10.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.9° North, 22.6° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Cisuralian |
| Stage: | Artinskian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 2 |
| Key time interval: | Artinskian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 290.1 - 283.5 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Rotliegend | Formation: | Tambach | Member: | Finsterbergen conglomerate |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "The upper [i.e. the Finsterbergen] conglomerate, which is 10 to 50 m thick, contains crystalline clasts derived from the Ruhla crystalline uplift located northwest of the Bromacker locality in addition to rhyolite clasts from the Oberhof uplift. A conglomerate near the top of the exposed section at the discovery site contains crystalline clasts, indicating that the exposed strata are of the upper conglomerate, most likely from the lowermost portion of this unit."
In the primary reference the Tambach Fm. is said to to be of Wolfcampian (i.e. early lower Permian) age. Other authors (see here for example), however, favor an assignment to the Kungurian (i.e. late lower Permian). So, assignment of this collection to the Artinskian is a compromise between both views. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Lithology description: No detailed information on the host rock of the Tambaroter skull is given in the reference. | |||
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. | Tectonic setting: | intramontane basin |
| Geology comments: The Tambach Basin generally is regarded as an intramontane basin (for details see Eberth et al., 2000, Palaios 15(4) pp. 293-313). | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: MNG = Museum der Natur, Gotha | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | type locality of Tambaroter carrolli | ||
| Database number: | 121601 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Mueller | Enterer: | T. Liebrecht |
| Modifier: | T. Liebrecht | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-12-08 14:43:37 | Last modified: | 2011-12-08 11:50:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-12-08 14:43:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38771. | A. C. Henrici, T. Martens, D. S. Berman and S. S. Sumida. 2011. An Ostodolepid ‘Microsaur’ (Lepospondyli) from the Lower Permian Tambach Formation of Central Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(5):997-1004 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/T. Liebrecht] |