Petersburg, near Halle (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (51.6° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.0° N, 19.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wettin Formation, Stephanian (307.5 - 300.4 Ma)

• Wettin Beds, now known as the Wettin Subformatin, was placed in the Uppermost Stephanian by Fritsch (1888) and subsequently confirmed by palaeozooloigcal and palaeobotanical analyses (Gąsiewicz & Słowakiewicz (eds.), 2013, Geo. Soc. Sp. Pub. 376)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Werneburg. 1990. Dissorophoiden (Amphibia) aus dem Grenzbereich Karbon/Perm der Saale-Senke und des Ilfelder Beckens (DDR). Zeitschrift fur geologische Wissenschaften Berlin 18:665-677 [R. Butler/E. Dunne]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176536: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 17.02.2016

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Micromelerpetidae
Branchierpeton saalense n. sp. Werneburg 1990 tetrapod
BGRB (previously ZGI) P9/588 (holotype; skull and anterior skeleton)