Rhaeticosaurus-type locality: Rhaetian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
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Rhaeticosaurus mertensi n. gen., n. sp.
Wintrich et al. 2017
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| LWL-MFN P 64047 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Westphalia |
| Coordinates: | 51.6° North, 9.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.9° North, 9.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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
| Formation: | Exter |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified mudstone |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Clay pit #3 of Lücking brick company, Bonenburg | ||
| Database number: | 194782 | ||
| Authorizer: | G. Lloyd | Enterer: | G. Lloyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-06-29 07:19:50 | Last modified: | 2018-06-29 07:19:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-29 07:19:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66198. | T. Wintrich, S. Hayashi, A. Houssaye, Y. Nakajima, and P. M. Sander. 2017. A Triassic plesiosaurian skeleton and bone histology inform on evolution of a unique body plan. Science Advances 3:e1701144 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd] |