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Knollenmergel

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Knollenmergel
Type Geological formation
Age Upper Triassic
Lithology
Location


The Knollenmergel is a geological formation in Germany and Switzerland. It dates back to the late Norian.[1]

Vertebrate fauna[]

Sauropodomorphs[]

Sauropodomorphs of the Knollenmergel Formation
Taxa Presence Description Images

Genus:

  1. P. longiceps[1]
  2. P. cf. longiceps[1]
  1. Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.[1]
  2. Biedersachsen.[1]
  1. Placeholder.
  2. Includes "cf. Palaeosaurus ?diagnosticus."[1]

Plateosaurus

Infraorder:

  1. Ineterminate remains.[1]
  1. Thuringen, Germany and Kanton Baselland, Switzerland.[1]

Includes Gresslyosaurus torgeri.[1]

Genus:

  1. R. bedheimensis[1]
  1. Thuringen, Germany.[1]

Theropods[]

Theropods of the Knollenmergel Formation
Taxa Presence Description Images

Infraorder:

  1. Indeterminate remains.[1]
  1. Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.[1]
  1. Includes Halticosaurus longotarsus.[1]

Liliensternus

Genus:

  1. L. liliensterni[1]
  1. Thuringen, Germany.[1]
  1. "(=Halticosaurus liliensterni)"[1]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Triassic, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 521–525. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
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