Rieth (Triassic of Germany)

Also known as Plattenbruch

Where: Thuringia, Germany (50.3° N, 10.6° E: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 10.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Keuper Group, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, trace

Collected by Rühle von Lilienstern

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: H. Rühle von Lilienstern. 1938. Fährten aus dem Blasensandstein (km 4 ζ) des mittleren Keupers von Südthüringen [Tracks from the Blasen Sandstone (km 4 ζ) of the middle Keuper of southern Thuringia]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Beilage-Band, Abteilung B 80(1):63-71 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 186886: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 07.07.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
"Chirotherium thuringiacum" = Brachychirotherium thuringiacum
"Chirotherium thuringiacum" = Brachychirotherium thuringiacum Rühle von Lilienstern 1938 archosaur