Where: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (51.9° N, 11.1° E: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 10.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Knollenmergel Member (Trossingen Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)
• Knollenmergel, upper Middle Keuper
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by O. Jaekel in 1909-1913
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: O. Kuhn. 1939. Beiträge zur Keuperfauna von Halberstadt [Contributions to the Keuper fauna of Halberstadt]. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 21:258-286 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 139489: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
cf. Chelyzoon sp. Huene 1902 archosauromorph | |
Plesiosaurus keuperinus plesiosaur | |
Nothosauria indet. Baur 1889 nothosaur |