PBDB Collection

Olgahain bonebed, Bebenhausen (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.6° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 10.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Exter Formation (Keuper Group), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• "Rhätsandstein" = Exter Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deltaic; fine-grained, white sandstone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Collected by E. von Huene in 1931

Collection methods: bulk,

• GPIT: Paläontologische Sammlung der Universität Tübingen

Primary reference: E. Hennig. 1922. Die Säugerzähne des württembergischen Rhät-Lias-Bonebeds. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 46:181-267 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131422: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 24.07.2012, edited by Richard Butler and Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	Leda deffneri⁶ Leda deffneri⁶ Oppel 1856 pointed nut clam
Mytilida - Mytilidae	"Modiola minima" = Modiolus minimus⁶ "Modiola minima" = Modiolus minimus⁶ Sowerby 1818 mussel
Osteichthyes
Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae	Ceratodus sp.⁶ Ceratodus sp.⁶ Agassiz 1838 lungfish
Therapsida -	Cynodontia indet.⁶, ? Ictidosauria indet.⁶ Cynodontia indet.⁶ cynodont ? Ictidosauria indet.⁶ Broom 1929 cynodont
Therapsida - Haramiyidae	"Microcleptidae indet." = Haramiyidae⁷, ? Thomasia sp.³, Thomasia antiqua⁵, Thomasia antiqua² "Microcleptidae indet." = Haramiyidae⁷ Simpson 1940 mammaliaform tooth ? Thomasia sp.³ Poche 1908 mammaliaform GPIT 1541/1 Thomasia antiqua⁵ Plieninger 1847 mammaliaform GPIT 1430/1, 1561/1, teeth Thomasia antiqua² Plieninger 1847 mammaliaform GPIT 1430/2 tooth
Therapsida - Tritylodontidae	Oligokyphus biserialis n. sp., Oligokyphus triserialis n. gen. n. sp. Oligokyphus biserialis n. sp. Hennig 1922 mammaliamorph Oligokyphus triserialis n. gen. n. sp. Hennig 1922 mammaliamorph
Therapsida -	Tricuspes cf. tuebingensis⁴ Tricuspes cf. tuebingensis⁴ Huene 1933 therapsid
Reptilia
Testudinata -	Testudinata indet.¹ Testudinata indet.¹ Oppel 1811 turtle Plastron fragment
Plesiosauria -	"Plesiosaurus" sp.⁶ "Plesiosaurus" sp.⁶ de la Beche and Conybeare 1821 plesiosaur
Phytosauria -	Phytosauria indet.⁶, Termatosaurus sp.⁶ Phytosauria indet.⁶ Jaeger 1828 archosaur Teeth Termatosaurus sp.⁶ Plieninger 1844 archosaur
Saurischia -	"Gresslyosaurus" sp.⁶ "Gresslyosaurus" sp.⁶ Rütimeyer 1856 Gressly's lizard
Ichthyosauria - Ichthyosauridae	"Ichthyosaurus" sp.⁶ "Ichthyosaurus" sp.⁶ Koenig 1818 ichthyosaur
Osteichthyes
Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae	Saurichthys sp.⁶ Saurichthys sp.⁶ Agassiz 1834 ray-finned fish
Chondrichthyes
Selachii -	Selachii indet.⁶ Selachii indet.⁶ shark
Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae	Hybodus sp.⁶ Hybodus sp.⁶ Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae	Polyacrodus sp.⁶ Polyacrodus sp.⁶ Jaekel 1889 elasmobranch
Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae	Strophodus sp.⁶, Acrodus sp.⁶ Strophodus sp.⁶ Agassiz 1838 elasmobranch Acrodus sp.⁶ Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch

¹Benton and Wild 1994; ²Butler and Macintyre 1994; ³Clemens 1980; ⁴Clemens and Martin 2014; ⁵Hahn 1973; ⁶Huene 1933; ⁷Huene 1940