| DOI: | 10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.07.002
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| 论文题名: | A Middle Triassic palaeontological gold mine: The vertebrate deposits of Vellberg (Germany) |
| 作者: | Schoch R.R.; Seegis D.
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| 刊名: | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
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| ISSN: | 0031-0182
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| 出版年: | 2016
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| 卷: | 459 | | 起始页码: | 249
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| 结束页码: | 267
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 英文关键词: | Bonebeds
; fossillagerstaetten
; Keuper
; Salinity
; Sedimentary facies
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| 英文摘要: | The lacustrine deposits of Vellberg, southern Germany, rank among the richest vertebrate fossil-lagerstätten of the Triassic worldwide. Continued excavation over one decade produced two chondrichthyans, 14 taxa of bony fishes, seven temnospondyls, one chroniosuchian, the stem-turtle Pappochelys, two procolophonians, four lepidosauromorphs, a choristodere, four archosauriforms, three pseudosuchian archosaurs, and around ten further reptile taxa only known by teeth. Sedimentary facies, fossil assemblage composition, and taphonomy suggest this deposit comprises a succession of rather different water bodies, situated on a floodplain dominated by dolomitic muds: (1) a coal swamp with occasional reptiles and temnospondyls, (2) a large but shallow, brackish lagoon inhabited by Bakevellia, Acrodus, Nothosaurus, and the temnospondyl Plagiosternum, (3) a small and shallow, well-protected, oligohaline freshwater lake dominated by various temnospondyls, and (4) a larger (6 km) and deeper freshwater lake, again with a rich fauna of fishes, temnospondyls, and small aquatic reptiles that was eventually filled by dolomitic coastal muds. Reworking and desiccation cracks indicate repeated phases of regression and drought, during which bonebeds formed and skeletons of terrestrial tetrapods were deposited. © 2016 |
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| 资源类型: | 期刊论文
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/68287
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| Appears in Collections: | 过去全球变化的重建
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作者单位: | Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Rosenstein 1, Stuttgart, Germany
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Schoch R.R.,Seegis D.. A Middle Triassic palaeontological gold mine: The vertebrate deposits of Vellberg (Germany)[J]. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,2016-01-01,459
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