Breitelen, Hallau layers d & e: Norian, Switzerland
collected by F. Schalch, B. Peyer 1915

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Hybodonchus sp. Fraas 1889
Clemens 1980
Mollusca indet. Linnaeus 1758
Clemens 1980
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Clemens 1980
Reptilia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
Clemens 1980
Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Nothosauridae indet. Baur 1889
Clemens 1980
Reptilia
Gresslyosaurus sp. Rütimeyer 1856
1 specimen
    = Gresslyosaurus ingens Rütimeyer 1856
Peyer 1944
    = "Gresslyosaurus" sp. Rütimeyer 1856
Galton 1986
    = Plateosaurus sp. Meyer 1837
Weishampel et al. 2004
    = Sauropodomorpha indet. Huene 1932
Rauhut et al. 2020
MzA NAT15075
Reptilia - Theropoda
Megalosaurus sp. Parkinson 1822
Clemens 1980
    = ? Tetanurae indet. Gauthier 1986
Weishampel et al. 2004
    = Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
Carrano 2023
Reptilia - Pterosauria
Pterosauria indet. Kaup 1834
Clemens 1980
Reptilia - Campylognathoididae
cf. Eudimorphodon sp. Zambelli 1973
Clemens 1980
Reptilia
"Termatosaurus" sp. Plieninger 1844
    = Termatosaurus albertii Meyer and Plieninger 1844
Clemens 1980
nomen dubium belonging to Phytosauria
Amphibia - Labyrinthodontia
Labyrinthodontia indet. Owen 1859
Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
Ceratodus parvus Agassiz 1838
Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Semionotidae
Sargodon tomicus Plieninger 1847
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834
unclassified
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
Clemens 1980
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
Clemens 1980
see common names

Geography
Country:Switzerland State/province:Schaffhausen
Coordinates: 47.7° North, 8.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.7° North, 10.4° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:421 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Norian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Norian
Age range of interval:228.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Klettgau Member:Gruhalde
Local section:Hallau Local bed:d/e
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: from layers d & e (mixed collection), possibly reworked from layer c (Knollemergel), occasionally termed the "Zanclodonmergel". Layers d and e are the Bratelen bonebeds and form the topmost beds of the Gruhalde Member of the Klettgau Formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified marl
Secondary lithology: lithified marl
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "Layers d and e consist of 0.25 m of compact "Zanclodonmergel" breccia with bone bed (d) and 1.00 m of loose marl bonebed (e, with same vertebrate fossils as d)."
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Disassociated major elements:all
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,core,mechanical,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:F. Schalch, B. Peyer Collection dates:1915
Metadata
Also known as:Unter-Hallau, Hallau-Bratelen; Hallau Bratelen
Database number:47803
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-03-02 07:30:11 Last modified:2020-07-13 10:23:39
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-02 07:30:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

71681. F. Schalch and B. Peyer. 1919. Über ein neues Rhätvorkommen im Keuper des Donau-Rheinzuges [On a new occurrence of the Rhaetian in the Keuper of the Danube-Rhine valleys]. Mitteilungen der Badischen Geologischen Landesanstalt 8(21):263-315 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

14199ETE M. T. Carrano. 2023. Taxonomic opinions on the Dinosauria. [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
13645ETE W. A. Clemens. 1980. Rhaeto-Liassic mammals from Switzerland and West Germany. Zitteliana 5:51-92 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
12799ETE P. M. Galton. 1986. Prosauropod dinosaur Plateosaurus (= Gresslyosaurus) (Saurischia: Sauropodomorpha) from the Upper Triassic of Switzerland. Geologica et Palaeontologica 20:167-183 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
49933 B. Peyer. 1944. Über Wirbeltierfunde aus dem Rhät von Hallau (Kt. Schaffhausen) [On the vertebrate finds from the Rhaetian of Hallau (Canton Schaffhausen)]. Eclogae Geologicae Helveticae 36(2):260-263 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
19839ETE B. Peyer. 1956. Über Zähne von Haramiyiden, von Triconodonten und von wahrscheinlich synapsiden Reptilien aus dem Rhät von Hallau, Kt. Schaffhausen, Schweiz [On the teeth of haramiyids, triconodonts, and probable synapsid reptiles from the Rhaetic of Hallau, Kanton Schaffhausen, Switzerland]. Schweizerische Paleontologische Abhandlungen 72:1-72 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
72985 O. W. M. Rauhut, F. M. Holwerda, and H. Furrer. 2020. A derived sauropodiform dinosaur and other sauropodomorph material from the Late Triassic of Canton Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 113:8:1-54 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
23520ETE D. B. Weishampel, P. M. Barrett, R. A. Coria, J. Le Loeuff, X. Xu, X. Zhao, A. Sahni, E. M. P. Gomani, and C. R. Noto. 2004. Dinosaur distribution. In D. B. Weishampel, H. Osmolska, and P. Dodson (eds.), The Dinosauria (2nd edition). University of California Press, Berkeley 517-606 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
66018 D. I. Whiteside, C. J. Duffin, and H. Furrer. 2017. The Late Triassic lepidosaur fauna from Hallau, North-Eastern Switzerland, and a new ‘basal’ rhynchocephalian Deltadectes elvetica gen. et sp. nov. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 285(1):53-74 [R. Butler/E. Dunne]