Freyburg an der Unstrut: Anisian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Theropoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| caudal vertebra, pterygoid | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Eosauropterygia
- Nothosauridae
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Nothosauridae indet.
Baur 1889
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Lang and Huene 1952 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Nothosaurus sp.
Münster 1834
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Lang and Huene 1952 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Nothosaurus hecki
Fritsch 1894
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Rieppel and Wild 1996 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Nothosaurus | ||||||||||
| Ha, uncatalogued (mandible fragment) | ||||||||||
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Nothosaurus cf. mirabilis
Münster 1834
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Lang and Huene 1952 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| tooth | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Eosauropterygia
- Pachypleurosauridae
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Doliovertebra fritschi n. sp.
Huene 1902
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Storrs 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| "three vertebrae" | ||||||||||
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Anarosaurus heterodontus n. sp.
Rieppel and Lin 1995
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Rieppel and Lin 1995 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| M4/12, right dentary and left premaxilla | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Placodontia
- Placodontidae
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Placodus gigas
Agassiz 1833
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Lang and Huene 1952 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| Ha uncatalogued (mandible); BRG S 54-R 09, BSP 1959 XIII 25 (isolated tooth plates) | ||||||||||
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Placodus antiquior n. sp.
Huene 1936
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Rieppel 1995 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Placodus gigas | ||||||||||
| Ha uncatalogued (skull) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Cymbospondylidae
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? Cymbospondylus sp.
Leidy 1868
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| vertebra, other fragments | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Mixosauridae
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Mixosaurus atavus
(Quenstedt 1852)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Phalarodon atavus | ||||||||||
| vertebra | ||||||||||
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Mixosaurus aff. atavus
(Quenstedt 1852)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Phalarodon atavus | ||||||||||
| vertebra | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Omphalosauridae
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Tholodus schmidi
Von Meyer 1851
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| dentary | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Sachsen-Anhalt | County: | Bergenlandkreis |
| Coordinates: | 51.2° North, 11.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.2° North, 19.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| 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
| Geological group: | Muschelkalk | Formation: | Jena | Member: | Schaumkalkbänke |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper lower Muschelkalk - Schaumkalk | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 138123 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson, M. Carrano, A. Dunhill | Enterer: | R. Benson, M. Carrano, B. Allen |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-01-05 01:57:08 | Last modified: | 2023-11-07 13:46:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-01-05 01:57:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 64860. | O. Kuhn. 1942. Über einige Saurierreste aus dem Muschelkalk von Freyburg a. d. Unstrut [On some saurian remains from the Muschelkalk of Freyburg on the Unstrut]. Beiträge zur Geologie von Thüringen 6:17-24 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 64450 | 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] | |
| 44175 | O. Rieppel. 1995. The genus Placodus: systematics, morphology, paleobiogeography, and paleobiology. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 31:1-44 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 66570 | O. Rieppel and K. Lin. 1995. Pachypleurosaurs (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Lower Muschelkalk, and a review of the Pachypleurosauroidea. Fieldiana: Geology, new series (32)1-44 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen/B. Allen] | |
| 44168 | O. Rieppel and R. Wild. 1996. A revision of the genus Nothosaurus (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Germanic Triassic, with comments on the status of Conchiosaurus clavatus. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 34:1-82 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 46813 | G. W. Storrs. 1991. Anatomy and relationships of Corosaurus alcovensis (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) and the Triassic Alcova Limestone of Wyoming. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 44:1-151 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |