Erfurt-Drosselberg (Triassic of Germany)

Also known as Am Drosselberg, Erfurt

Where: Germany (50.9° N, 11.1° E: paleocoordinates 17.4° N, 17.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Muschelkalk Group, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• Upper Muschelkalk Subgroup

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Rieppel and R. Wild. 1996. A revision of the genus Nothosaurus (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Germanic Triassic, with comments on the status of Conchiosaurus clavatus. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 34:1-82 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138120: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 05.01.2013

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Nothosaurus marchius Koken 1893 diapsid
Er 93/89 (vertebra)