Where: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (51.9° N, 11.3° E: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 19.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Karlstadt Formation (Muschelkalk Group), Pelsonian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• Middle Muschelkalk Subgroup
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. G. Diedrich. 2013. The marine pachypleurosaur Serpianosaurus germanicus nov. spec. - skeleton and isolated bone remains from the Pelsonian (Middle Triassic) of the European Germanic Basin carbonate intertidals and its paleobiology and taphonomy. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 61:159-168 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 196743: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 03.10.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Serpianosaurus germanicus n. sp.
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