Crailsheim: Longobardian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Batrachotomus kupferzellensis Gower 1999
1 element
SMNS 54840, distal tibia
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Baden-Württemberg County:Schwäbisch Hall
Coordinates: 49.1° North, 10.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.4° North, 17.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Ladinian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Longobardian
Age range of interval:239.70000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Keuper Formation:Erfurt Member:Upper Lettenkeuper
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Collected from the "Untere Graue Mergel" of the Upper Lettenkeuper, now formally the Erfurt Formation of the Lower Keuper (see Deutsche Stratigraphische Kommission 2005: Cour. Forsch.-Inst. Senckenberg 253:1-296). This locality is Longobardian (late Ladinian) in age.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:SMNS
Metadata
Database number:101877
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:R. Butler
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-01-04 20:23:18 Last modified:2018-02-20 15:50:25
Access level:the public Released:2011-01-04 20:23:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

34641. D. J. Gower and R. R. Schoch. 2009. Postcranial anatomy of the rauisuchian archosaur Batrachotomus kupferzellensis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29:103-122 [R. Butler/R. Butler]