Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (49.3° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 15.5° N, 17.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: nodosus zone, Muschelkalk Group, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)
• upper Muschelkalk [nodosus biozone]
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the SMNS
Collection methods: mechanical
Primary reference: O. Rieppel. 1994. Osteology of Simosaurus gaillardoti and the relationships of stem-group Sauropterygia. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 28:1-85 [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138089: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 04.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Nothosaurus mirabilis Münster 1834 diapsid SMNS 56286 (skull); plus specimens referred by Rieppel & Wild (1996): SMNS 59360 (mandible)
Nothosaurus ? mirabilis Münster 1834 diapsid An as yet undescribed specimen, perhaps referable to N mirabilis (SMNS 56618)
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