Humberg, near Obernheim (Permian of Germany)

Where: Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany (49.4° N, 7.8° E: paleocoordinates 3.0° N, 18.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: M10 Member (Meisenheim Formation), Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• M10, Odernheim Subformation.

•"The Pappelberg-Tuff in the Meisenheim Formation (Glan Group) has been dated by U/Pb zircon SHRIMP technique at 297.0±3.2 Ma. Taking the Carboniferous/Permian boundary at 296 Ma, the Meisenheim Formation coincides approximately with this boundary." Königer et al. (2002)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; red sandstone

• In the informal units M5 to M10 the base of each unit is developed as mostly reddish, coarse-grained channel deposits of a braided river system. - Boy et al. (2012)

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner. 2014. Handbook of Paleoherpetology Part 3A2 Temnospondyli I. [R. Butler/E. Dunne/E. Dunne]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180783: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 02.08.2016

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Temnospondyli -
Sclerocephalus haeuseri Goldfuss 1847 tetrapod
 Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae
Melanerpeton humbergense Boy 1978 tetrapod