Sembachtal near Winterstein (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Thuringia, Germany (50.9° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 3.6° N, 19.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ilmenau Formation, Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Werneburg. 1989. Die Amphibienfauna der Manebacher Schichten (Unterrotliegendes, Unterperm) des Thuringer Waldes. Veroffentlichungen des Naturhistorischen Museum Schleusingen 4:55-68 [R. Butler/E. Dunne]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176543: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 17.02.2016

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae
Melanerpeton sembachense n. sp. Werneburg 1989 tetrapod
FG 321/8/198 (Holotype: anterior portion of skeleton)
Apateon dracyi Boy 1972 tetrapod
NMSch-SAS 94/12 (Werneburg, 1989a)
 Temnospondyli - Micromelerpetidae
Limnerpeton edani n. sp. tetrapod
FG 321/8/157 (holotype; anterior part of skeleton)
 Temnospondyli - Eryopidae
Onchiodon langenhani n. sp. Werneburg 1989 tetrapod
NHM P15 (Holotype: small skull (5.4cm long) and partial post cranial skeleton). Also, other NHM and FG specimens listed by Werneburg (1989)