Feuerbacher Heide: Carnian, Germany
collected by S. F. J. von Kapff 1869
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Metoposauridae
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Metopias diagnosticus n. gen., n. sp.
Meyer 1842
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Metoposaurus diagnosticus | ||||||||||
| SMNS 10825, partial skull. SMNS 1010, 1011, complete skull roof and counterpart. SMNS 4943, complete skull. SMNS 59768, intercentra. GPIT unnumbered, skull. Holotype of Metoposaurus diagnosticus diagnosticus | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Cyclotosauridae
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Capitosaurus robustus n. sp.
Meyer and Plieninger 1844
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Schoch and Milner 2000 | 22 individuals | ||||||||
| recombined as Cyclotosaurus robustus | ||||||||||
| GPIT 27-1-16, 1801-1802, 1804. SMNS 4139, 4935, 5775, mostly skulls | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Zanclodon arenaceus n. sp.
Fraas 1896
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| SMNS 80737, mandibular fragment | ||||||||||
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Zanclodon subcylindrodon n. sp.
Huene 1905
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Huene 1905 | |||||||||
| recombined as Palaeosaurus subcylindrodon | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Baden-Württemberg | County: | Stuttgart |
| Coordinates: | 48.8° North, 9.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.0° North, 15.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 376 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| Stage: | Carnian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Carnian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 237.00000 - 227.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Keuper | Formation: | Stuttgart | Member: | Schilfsandstein |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Collected from the "Schilfsandstein", now formally the Stuttgart Formation of the lower Middle Keuper of late early Carnian age (see Deutsche Stratigraphische Kommission 2005: Cour. Forsch.-Inst. Senckenberg 253:1-296). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,green,yellow sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | micaceous,gray,red sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "mature, fine-grained, yellowish-green sandstone" ("Zanclodon; Hungerbühler 2001). "grayish red, micaceous sandstone" (Dyoplax; Lucas et al. 1998) | |
| Environment: | "channel" |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | SMNS | ||
| Collectors: | S. F. J. von Kapff | Collection dates: | 1869 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Feuerbacher Haide | ||
| Database number: | 97870 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, M. Carrano | Enterer: | R. Butler, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-09-03 00:42:15 | Last modified: | 2018-02-20 15:56:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-09-03 00:42:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43878. | E. Fraas. 1896. Die Schwäbischen Trias-Saurier nach dem Material der Kgl. Naturalien-Sammlung in Stuttgart zusammengestellt [Swabian Triassic dinosaurs based on the material in the Royal Natural History Collection compiled in Stuttgart]. Festgabe des Königlichen Naturalien-Cabinets In Stuttgart zur 42 Versammlung der Deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft in Stuttgart, August 1896. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlag-handlung (E. Koch), Stuttgart 1-18 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 44535 | M. J. Benton and R. Wild. 1994. Localities in Baden-Württemberg that have yielded Late Triassic terrestrial tetrapod remains. Paleontologia Lombarda, Nuova Serie 2:35-38 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 16920 | ETE | F. v. Huene. 1905. Trias-Dinosaurier Europas [European Triassic dinosaurs]. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 57:345-349 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/T. Liebrecht] |
| 62966 | F. v. Huene. 1914. I: Animalia. Pars 4. Saurischia et Ornithischia triadica (“Dinosauria” triadica). 1-20 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 29849 | A. Hungerbühler. 2001. The status and phylogenetic relationships of "Zanclodon" arenaceous: the earliest known phytosaur?. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 75(1):97-112 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 30943 | A. P. Hunt. 1993. Revision of the Metoposauridae (Amphibia: Temnospondyli) and description of a new genus from western North America. In M. Morales (ed.), Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 59:67-97 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Uhen] | |
| 35543 | S. G. Lucas, R. Wild, and A. P. Hunt. 1998. Dyoplax O. FRAAS, a Triassic sphenosuchian from Germany. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 263:1-13 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 35596 | A. R. Milner and R. R. Schoch. 2004. The latest metoposaurids from Europe. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 232(2):231-252 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 28828 | R. Schoch and A. R. Milner. 2000. Stereospondyli. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie - Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 3B:1-203 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht] | |
| 27868 | T. Sulej. 2002. Species discrimination of the Late Triassic temnospondyl amphibian Metoposaurus diagnosticus. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47(3):535-546 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Uhen] |