File:Amotosaurus rotfeldensis holotype.jpg

Original file(2,108 × 1,766 pixels, file size: 596 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description
English: Holotype of Amotosaurus rotfeldensis FRASER & RIEPPEL 2006 (SMNS 50830), previously referred to Tanystropheus antiquus VON HUENE 1907, from the Upper Bundsandstein of the Kössen quarry near Rotfelden, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The specimen shows a series of the characteristic elongated cervical vertebrae of tanystropheids and associated jaw and a few further skull bones (left center), elements of the limb girdles (left bottom and right top), as well as scattered dorsal vertebrae and ribs.[1]
Deutsch: Holotyp von Amotosaurus rotfeldensis FRASER & RIEPPEL 2006 (SMNS 50830), ehemals der Art Tanystropheus antiquus VON HUENE 1907 zugeordnet, aus dem Oberen Bundsandstein des Steinbruches Kössen bei Rotfelden im Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg. Das Exemplar zeigt einen Teil der Halswirbelsäule mit den für Tanystropheiden typischen langgezogenen Wirbeln zusammen mit Kiefer- und einigen weiteren Schädelknochen (Mitte links), Elemente der Extremitätengürtel (links unten und rechts oben), sowie verstreute Rückenwirbel und Rippen.[1]
  1. a b Nicholas C. Fraser, Olivier Rieppel (2006): A new protorosaur (Diapsida) from the Upper Buntsandstein of the Black Forest, Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26(4), p. 866-871, doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[866:ANPDFT]2.0.CO;2 (fig. 1 therein, turned by 180°)
Date Aug 2010 - Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Source Own work
Author Ghedoghedo

Licensing

I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following licenses:
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
GNU head Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.
You may select the license of your choice.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

image/jpeg

e41c2014bddaf4bb1e367abd90eb492547443735

609,978 byte

1,766 pixel

2,108 pixel

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current14:20, 29 August 2010Thumbnail for version as of 14:20, 29 August 20102,108 × 1,766 (596 KB)Ghedoghedo{{Information |Description={{en|1=fossil of tanystropheus}} |Source={{own}} |Author=Ghedoghedo |Date=Aug 2010 - Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart |Permission= |other_versions= }} Category:Fossil Protorosauria
The following pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed):

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata