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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Melanerpeton humbergense Boy 1978 tetrapod | |
Sclerocephalus haeuseri Goldfuss 1847 tetrapod |