Baerecke-Limpricht clay pit, Halberstadt (bed 15): Rhaetian, Germany
collected by O. Jaekel 1909-1913

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes
? Prolepidotus sp. Michael 1893
synonym of Lepidotes
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Plagiosauridae
Gerrothorax sp. Nilsson 1934
Plagiosaurus sp. Jaekel 1914
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Sachsen-Anhalt
Coordinates: 51.9° North, 11.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.7° North, 10.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:109 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Rhaetian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Rhaetian
Age range of interval:208.50000 - 201.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Keuper Formation:Trossingen Member:Knollenmergel
Local section:Halberstadt Local bed:15
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Knollenmergel, upper Middle Keuper; 2 beds close together
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:tabular argillaceous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "strongly argillaceous slab sandstone"
Environment:"floodplain"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Fragmentation:occasional
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:O. Jaekel Collection dates:1909-1913
Metadata
Database number:139484
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:taphonomy,vertebrate
Created:2013-02-12 10:02:09 Last modified:2018-02-20 16:00:57
Access level:the public Released:2013-02-12 10:02:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

44850. O. Kuhn. 1939. Beiträge zur Keuperfauna von Halberstadt [Contributions to the Keuper fauna of Halberstadt]. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 21:258-286 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]