Nürnberg: Norian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Plateosauridae
Plateosauridae indet. Marsh 1895
1 specimen
BSP, tibia, destroyed in WW2
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bayern County:Nürnberg
Coordinates: 49.5° North, 11.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.0° North, 11.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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:Middle Keuper Formation:? Burgsandstein
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Listed as questionably from the Burgsandstein (equivalent to the Löwenstein Formation: 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:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BSP
Metadata
Database number:97838
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:R. Butler
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-08-31 08:38:46 Last modified:2013-02-11 15:27:33
Access level:the public Released:2010-08-31 08:38:46
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]