Nothosaurus cristatus-type locality: Ladinian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Eosauropterygia
- Nothosauridae
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Nothosaurus cristatus n. sp.
Hinz et al. 2019
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| GPIT/RE/09800 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Baden-Württemberg |
| Coordinates: | 49.1° North, 9.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.4° North, 17.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Ladinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ladinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 242.00000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Keuper | Formation: | Erfurt | Member: | Untere Graue Mergel |
| Local section: | Layer | Local bed: | E5 | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown lithified marl |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: This layer consists of a chocolate-brown to beige-colored marlstone that is only a few centimeters thick. However, the total thickness of E5 is almost similar to the height of the compressed skull; therefore, no further subdivision of the layer in which the new Nothosaurus specimen was found can be made. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | SMNS |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Eschenau quarry | ||
| Database number: | 203272 | ||
| Authorizer: | G. Lloyd | Enterer: | G. Lloyd |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-08-08 08:00:54 | Last modified: | 2022-11-09 15:02:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-08-08 08:00:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 69709. | J. K. Hinz, A. T. Matzke, and H.-U. Pfretzschner. 2019. A new nothosaur (Sauropterygia) from the Ladinian of Vellberg-Eschenau, southern Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd] |