Also known as Bremke dell
Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (51.5° N, 10.0° E: paleocoordinates 16.5° N, 19.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Trendelburg/Karlshafen Beds Member (Solling Formation), Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• “Solling-Bausandstein” (“Solling building sandstone”), upper Middle Buntsandstein (“Bunter”), Solling Formation (equivalent to the Trendelburg/Karlshafen Beds). The lower part of the Solling Formation (Wilhelmshausen Beds, Trendelburg Beds and Karlshafen Beds) consists of coarse fluvial deposits that are dated on the basis of palynomorphs, conchostracans and palaeomagnetic data as latest Olenekian (late Spathian).
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•Based upon radiometric estimates for the Olenekian–Anisian boundary (247.2 Ma) and data on the number of short eccentricity Milankovitch cycles present within the Solling Formation, Kozur & Bachmann (2005, 2008) inferred a date of ~247.5 Ma for the base of the Solling. This would suggest an age of approximately 247.5–247.2 Ma (latest Olenekian) for the holotype specimen of Ctenosauriscus (Butler et al. 2011)
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• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; gray sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected in 1871
Collection methods: salvage, quarrying, mechanical,
• GZG, Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum der Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany
Primary reference: F. v. Huene. 1902. Übersicht über die Reptilien der Trias [Review of the Reptilia of the Triassic]. Geologische und Paläontologische Abhandlungen (Neue Serie). Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena 6:1-84 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 109489: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 17.05.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Ctenosaurus koeneni n. gen. n. sp." = Ctenosauriscus koeneni
"Ctenosaurus koeneni n. gen. n. sp." = Ctenosauriscus koeneni Huene 1902 archosaur GZG.V.4191, partial vertebral column including parts of three cervical vertebrae, at least 13 or 14 dorsal vertebrae, three sacral vertebrae, nine anterior caudal vertebrae, five partial cervical ribs, eight partial dorsal ribs, unidentified bone fragments that may represent part of the pectoral girdle. Preserved as four sandstone blocks that together comprise the part and counterpart.
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