Altendorf quarry (Permian of Germany)

Where: Bavaria, Germany (50.1° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 14.5° N, 24.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Buntsandstein Group, Buntsandstein (259.5 - 251.9 Ma)

• "near the Chirotherium horizon"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A. Fuchs in 1913

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: M. Lang and F. v. Huene. 1952. Die Saurier Thüringens nach Erhebungen ihres centralen Betreuters Dr. med. u. Dr. rer. nat. h. c. Hugo Rühle von Lilienstern† [The Dinosaurs of Thuringia after Surveys of Their Central Supervisor M.D. and Dr. Nat. Sci. Hugo Rühle von Lilienstern†] 1-42 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 232276: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 07.11.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae
"Trematosaurus fuchsi n. sp." = Trematosaurus brauni
"Trematosaurus fuchsi n. sp." = Trematosaurus brauni Burmeister 1849 tetrapod