Künzelsau (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (49.3° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 15.5° N, 17.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• "Grenzbonebed" in uppermost Muschelkalk (= Meissner Formation), below Lettenkeuper

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Dolde; reposited in the SMNS

Primary reference: O. Linck. 1962. Neuer Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Ceratodontiden der germanischen Trias (mit Ceratodus planasper n. sp. aus dem Oberen Muschelkalk, Ceratodus bovisrivi n. sp. und anderen Arten aus dem Mittleren Keuper). Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 117:195-209 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138866: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 30.01.2013

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
Ceratodus planasper n. sp. Linck 1962 lungfish
SMNS 19713, tooth plate