Where: Thuringia, Germany (51.1° N, 11.6° E: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 18.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Trochitenkalk Formation (Muschelkalk Group), Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)
• Upper Muschelkalk (mo1 and mo2)
•The fossils of Bad Suiza are generally labeled as coming from mo2 , but more probably come from the lower upper Muschelkalk (Trochitenkalk, mo1, H. Hagdorn, in lit. 7 Dec. 1994).
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: mechanical
• Kept at the Naturkundemuseum Erfurt
Primary reference: M. Lang and F. v. Huene. 1952. Die Saurier Thüringens nach Erhebungen ihres centralen Betreuters Dr. med. u. Dr. rer. nat. h. c. Hugo Rühle von Lilienstern† [The Dinosaurs of Thuringia after Surveys of Their Central Supervisor M.D. and Dr. Nat. Sci. Hugo Rühle von Lilienstern†] 1-42 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138101: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 04.01.2013, edited by Bethany Allen and Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Nothosaurus marchius3 Koken 1893 diapsid Phyletisches Museum Jena, P1132 (cast of a skull); Er (cast of skull); Er 78/510 (partial skull); Er 78/541 (partial skull); Er uncatalogued (skull); Er 78/233 (mandible); Er 78/231, 245, 247, 250, 251, 269, 287, 288, 530 (vertebra); Er 78/509 (caudal rib); MB R.137.1-3 (vertebrae)
Nothosaurus giganteus3 Münster 1834 diapsid MB R. 143 (vertebra); P1110 (ischium); P1149 (pectoral girdle); P1205 (ilium)
Lariosaurus buzzii1 Tschanz 1989 diapsid NME 78/234, skull; NME 78/233, lower jaw; NME 78/349, scapula; NME R.126, ischium; NME R.453, middle dorsal costa; NME 78/242, neural arch; NME 78/241, neural arch centrum; NME 78/476, neural arch; NME 78/240a, NME 78/240b, dorsal vertebral centrum; NME 93/12, caudal vertebral centrum; MB R.455, humerus; MB 145.1, dorsal vertebral centrum; SHMBS 45, femur
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Capitosaurus sp. Münster 1836 tetrapod | |