Locality S1, Ulmet (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany (49.6° N, 7.5° E: paleocoordinates 1.9° N, 17.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Meisenheim Formation (Glan Group), Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

• Saar-Nahe basin, Lower Meisenheim

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine deltaic; lithology not reported

• Site represents a lake with distinct deltaic influence and a very low-diversity, detritus-based community (Boy, 2002)

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Boy

Primary reference: J. A. Boy. 2002. Über die Mircomelerpetonidae (Amphibia: Temnospondyli). 2. Micromelerpeton ulmetense n. sp. und Micromelerpeton(?) boyi Heyler. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 223:241-274 [R. Butler/E. Dunne]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179644: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 23.06.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Micromelerpetidae
Micromelerpeton ulmetense n. gen. n. sp.
Micromelerpeton ulmetense n. gen. n. sp. Boy 2002 tetrapod
GPIM-N 2013 (Holotype: disarticulated skull in ventral view (length 1.4cm)) along with 27 additional specimens held at GPIM