Zuffenhausen, Stuttgart (Triassic of Germany)

Also known as Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen

Where: Germany (48.8° N, 9.2° E: paleocoordinates 14.9° N, 17.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Upper Muschelkalk Subgroup

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the SMNS

Primary reference: H. v. Meyer. 1855. Zur Fauna der Vorwelt. Die Saurier des Muschelkalkes mit Rücksicht auf die Saurier aus Buntem Sandstein und Keuper [The Fauna of the Ancient World. The Saurians of the Muschelkalk with Regard to the Saurians of the Buntem Sandstone and Keuper] viii-167 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138088: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 04.01.2013

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Placodontia - Cyamodontidae
Cyamodus sp.1 von Meyer 1863 placodont
SMNS uncatalogued
 Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
"Nothosaurus giganteus" = Nothosaurus giganteus2, "Opeosaurus suevicus n. sp." = Nothosaurus giganteus
"Nothosaurus giganteus" = Nothosaurus giganteus2 Münster 1834 diapsid
SMNS 17326 (coracoid)
"Opeosaurus suevicus n. sp." = Nothosaurus giganteus Münster 1834 diapsid
SMNS 4141, holotype partial mandible