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Middle Buntsandstein - Hardegsen, Germany

Group	Middle Buntsandstein
Formation	Hardegsen
Member(s)	Kristallsandstein Oberes Konglomerat
Age:	251 - 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Interval	Spathian
Lithology	sandstone
Number of Collections	2
Number of Occurrences	2

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Krebeck	Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	Middle Buntsandstein - Hardegsen
Herzogenweiler	Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Middle Buntsandstein - Hardegsen - Kristallsandstein
Hafnerweg	Calw, Calw, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Middle Buntsandstein - Hardegsen
Waldkatzenbach am Katzenbuckel	Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Middle Buntsandstein - Hardegsen - Oberes Konglomerat
Hallwangen	Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Middle Buntsandstein - Hardegsen - Kristallsandstein

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Upper Buntsandstein	247 - 242 Ma Triassic	sandstone	5
Middle Buntsandstein - Hardegsen - Kristallsandstein	251 - 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	sandstone, breccia	2
Middle Buntsandstein - Hardegsen - Oberes Konglomerat	251 - 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic		1
Upper Buntsandstein - Röt	247 - 242 Ma Triassic	sandstone, claystone	8

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Meyerosuchus fuerstenbergianus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Meyerosuchus : *Meyerosuchus fuerstenbergianus*	251.3 - 247.2 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Odenwaldia heidelbergensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Odenwaldia : *Odenwaldia heidelbergensis*	251.3 - 247.2 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Proterosuchia suborder	4.3	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Thecodontia : Proterosuchia	251.3 - 247.2 Ma Early/Lower Triassic

References

Meyer H. v. , Zur Fauna der Vorwelt. Die Saurier des Muschelkalkes mit Rücksicht auf die Saurier aus Buntem Sandstein und Keuper [The Fauna of the Ancient World. The Saurians of the Muschelkalk with Regard to the Saurians of the Buntem Sandstone and Keuper], viii-167

Charig A. J., Sues H.-D. (1976) Suborder Proterosuchia Broom 1906b, Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie 13, 11-39

Morales M., Kamphausen D. (1984) Odenwaldia heidelbergensis, a new benthosuchid stegocephalian from the Middle Buntsandstein of the Odenwald, Germany, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 1984 11, 673-683

Schoch R. R. (2011) How diverse is the temnospondyl fauna in the Lower Triassic of southern Germany?, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 261, 49-60

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