Aura an der Saale tracksite (Permian of Germany)

Where: Bavaria, Germany (50.2° N, 10.0° E: paleocoordinates 14.3° N, 23.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Buntsandstein Group, Buntsandstein (265.0 - 252.3 Ma)

• upper Bunstandstein

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: H. Kirchner. 1927. Über die Tierfährten im oberen Buntsandstein Frankens [On the animal footprints in the Franconian upper Buntsandstein]. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 9(1–3):112-122 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 205800: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
Chirotherium vorbachi n. sp., "Saurichnites auraensis n. sp." = Chirotherium barthii
Chirotherium vorbachi n. sp. Kirchner 1927 archosaur
"Saurichnites auraensis n. sp." = Chirotherium barthii Kaup 1835 archosaur