Sacrau, near Goglin: Anisian, Poland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Germanosaurus latissimus n. sp. (Gürich 1891)
nomen dubium belonging to Germanosaurus
Lost holotype specimen
Reptilia - Eosauropterygia
Cymatosaurus sp. Fritsch 1894
Rieppel 1994 1 specimen
BGR uncatalogued, partial skull (Rieppel 1994, figure 39)
Cymatosaurus latifrons (Gürich 1884)
1 specimen
SMNS 10977, complete but poorly preserved skull
Proneusticosaurus madelungi n. sp. Volz 1902
Surmik 2016
Semi-articulated postcranial skeleton
Reptilia - Saurosphargidae
Hemilopas mentzeli Meyer 1847
Surmik 2016
IZ WU (uncatalogued), dentary fragment
see common names

Geography
Country:Poland
Coordinates: 50.5° North, 18.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.3° North, 23.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Anisian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Anisian
Age range of interval:247.20000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gogolin
Stratigraphy comments: Lower Muschelkalk (Lower Gogolin Beds)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:SMNS
Metadata
Also known as:Zakrzów
Database number:138068
Authorizer:R. Benson, A. Dunhill Enterer:R. Benson, B. Allen
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-01-04 05:46:47 Last modified:2018-01-11 16:04:35
Access level:the public Released:2013-01-04 05:46:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

44160. O. Rieppel. 1997. Revision of the sauropterygian reptile genus Cymatosaurus v. Fritsch, 1894, and the relationships of Germanosaurus Nopcsa, 1928, from the Middle Triassic of Europe. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 36:1-36 [R. Benson/R. Benson]

Secondary references:

44166 O. Rieppel. 1994. Osteology of Simosaurus gaillardoti and the relationships of stem-group Sauropterygia. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 28:1-85 [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Benson]
66592 D. Surmik. 2016. Hemilopas mentzeli, an enigmatic marine reptile from the Middle Triassic of Poland revisited. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie-Abhandlungen 282(2):209-223 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]