Krähenberg: Norian, Germany
collected 2002
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Parasuchidae
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Mystriosuchus planirostris
(Meyer 1863)
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9 elements | |||||||||
GZG.V.20301-20304, teeth. GZG.V.20305, partial gastral rib. GZG.V20306, 20307, osteoderms. GZG.V.20308, right quadrate/quadratojugal. GZG.V.20309, right squamosal | ||||||||||
cf. Nicrosaurus sp.
Fraas 1866
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1 element | |||||||||
GZG.V.20300, tooth | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Germany | State/province: | Niedersachsen | County: | Göttingen |
Coordinates: | 51.5° North, 9.9° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.5° North, 9.5° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
Stage: | Norian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
Key time interval: | Norian | ||
Age range of interval: | 227.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Middle Keuper | Formation: | Arnstadt | Member: | Middle Grey Series |
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Arnstadt Formation, previously known as "Steinmergelkeuper". Vertebrate remains were collected from the middle member in this area, the "Middle Grey Series" or "Mittlere Graue Folge" |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | stromatolitic breccia |
Secondary lithology: | planar lamination,black claystone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Geology comments: "cyclic sediments of a perennial freshwater to saline lake system" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Abundance in sediment: | few |
Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 2002 |
Collection method comments: GZG: Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum Göttingen |
Metadata
Database number: | 106511 | ||
Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-03-23 19:00:24 | Last modified: | 2011-03-23 03:00:24 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-03-23 19:00:24 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
35603. | J. Kimmig and G. Arp. 2010. Phytosaur remains from the Norian Arnstadt Formation (Leine Valley, Germany), with reference to European phytosaur habits. Palaeodiversity 3:215-224 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |