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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Branchierpeton saalense n. sp.
Branchierpeton saalense n. sp. Werneburg 1990 tetrapod BGRB (previously ZGI) P9/588 (holotype; skull and anterior skeleton)
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