Langeberge, Hedeper: Rhaetian, Germany
collected by L. Knoop 1896

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Plateosauridae
Zanclodon laevis (Plieninger 1846)
1 individual
femur (prosauropod)
    = Plateosaurus sp. Meyer 1837
Windolf 1998
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Niedersachsen
Coordinates: 52.1° North, 10.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.7° North, 10.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:695 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Rhaetian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Rhaetian
Age range of interval:208.50000 - 201.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Keuper Formation:Rhätkeuper
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Disassociated major elements:all
Fragmentation:frequent
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),mechanical,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:L. Knoop Collection dates:8 June 1896
Metadata
Database number:55321
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-10-09 14:58:01 Last modified:2018-02-20 16:04:26
Access level:the public Released:2005-10-09 14:58:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

28936.ETE E. Fraas. 1897. Reste von Zanclodon aus dem oberen Keuper vom Langenberge bei Wolfenbüttel [Remains of Zanclodon from the upper Keuper of Langenberge near Wolfenbüttel]. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 49(3):482-485 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

33897ETE R. Windolf. 1998. Dinosaurierfunde in Niedersachsen [Dinosaur finds in Lower Saxony]. Arbeitskreis Paläontologie Hannover 26:1-7 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]