Freyburg an der Unstrut (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (51.2° N, 11.8° E: paleocoordinates 17.2° N, 19.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Schaumkalkbänke Member (Jena Formation), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Upper lower Muschelkalk - Schaumkalk

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Kuhn. 1942. Über einige Saurierreste aus dem Muschelkalk von Freyburg a. d. Unstrut [On some saurian remains from the Muschelkalk of Freyburg on the Unstrut]. Beiträge zur Geologie von Thüringen 6:17-24 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138123: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 05.01.2013, edited by Matthew Carrano and Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Placodontia - Placodontidae
"Placodus gigas" = Placodus gigas1, "Placodus antiquior n. sp." = Placodus gigas2
"Placodus gigas" = Placodus gigas1 Agassiz 1833 placodont
Ha uncatalogued (mandible); BRG S 54-R 09, BSP 1959 XIII 25 (isolated tooth plates)
"Placodus antiquior n. sp." = Placodus gigas2 Agassiz 1833 placodont
Ha uncatalogued (skull)
 Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Nothosauridae indet.1, Nothosaurus sp.1, Nothosaurus hecki4, Nothosaurus cf. mirabilis1
Nothosauridae indet.1 Baur 1889 diapsid
Nothosaurus sp.1 Münster 1834 diapsid
Nothosaurus hecki4 Fritsch 1894 diapsid
Ha, uncatalogued (mandible fragment)
Nothosaurus cf. mirabilis1 Münster 1834 diapsid
tooth
 Eosauropterygia - Pachypleurosauridae
Anarosaurus heterodontus n. sp.3, Doliovertebra fritschi n. sp.5
Anarosaurus heterodontus n. sp.3 Rieppel and Lin 1995 diapsid
M4/12, right dentary and left premaxilla
Doliovertebra fritschi n. sp.5 Huene 1902 diapsid
"three vertebrae"
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet.
Theropoda indet. theropod
caudal vertebra, pterygoid
 Ichthyosauria - Omphalosauridae
Tholodus schmidi
Tholodus schmidi Von Meyer 1851 ichthyosaur
dentary
 Ichthyosauria - Cymbospondylidae
? Cymbospondylus sp.
? Cymbospondylus sp. Leidy 1868 ichthyosaur
vertebra, other fragments
 Ichthyosauria - Mixosauridae
"Mixosaurus atavus" = Phalarodon atavus, "Mixosaurus aff. atavus" = Phalarodon atavus
"Mixosaurus atavus" = Phalarodon atavus Quenstedt 1852 ichthyosaur
vertebra
"Mixosaurus aff. atavus" = Phalarodon atavus Quenstedt 1852 ichthyosaur
vertebra
1Lang and Huene 1952; 2Rieppel 1995; 3Rieppel and Lin 1995; 4Rieppel and Wild 1996; 5Storrs 1991