Also known as Chicken Yard
Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (52.3° N, 9.2° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 17.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cypridea alta formosa other zone, Obernkirchen Member (Bückeberg Formation), Late/Upper Berriasian (145.0 - 140.2 Ma)
• middle to upper part of Obernkirchen Sandstone; 5-6 track-bearing horizons
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; massive, bioturbated, paleosol/pedogenic, silty sandstone and mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, trace
Collected by A. Richter, A. Böhme in 2007
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: J. J. Hornung, A. Böhme, T. Lubbe, M. Reich, and A. Richter. 2012. Vertebrate tracksites in the Obernkirchen Sandstone (late Berriasian, Early Cretaceous) of northwest Germany—their stratigraphical, palaeogeographical, palaeoecological, and historical context. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 86(3):231-267 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 53226: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 07.09.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod | |
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