Species: pulcherrimus (FRAAS, 1913) KUHN, 1939
Etymology:
= Plagiosternum pulcherrimum FRAAS, 1913
Holotype: SMNS 12592
Locality: "Weisser Steinburgh" (Burrer's Quarry), Pfaffenhofen, near Heilbronn, Baden-Wurttemberg State, Germany.
Horizon: Werkstein, white-grey sandstone, Middle Stubensandstein, Löwenstein Formation, Middle Keuper.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Noriani Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.
Material: Skull and fragmentary skeleton.
Referred material:
SMNS 12038a: Clavicle, interclavicle, cleitherum, fragment of cleithrum and humerus.
SMNS 13416: Interclavicle.
Skull modifed from Schoch & Millner, 2014 via Schoch & Moreno, 2024. A) Dorsal and B) Ventral views.
HAGDORN & MÜTTER, 2011
Locality: Scheuermann and Hirsch Quarries, near Schwäbisch Hall-Steinbach, Baden-Württemberg State, Germany.
Horizon: Lower Keuper/Lettenkeuper ('Lettenkohle' of the older literature).
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Upper Middle Trassic.
Material:
MHI 1348/1: 1 right half of a skull.
MHI 1248/2: 1 parietal with fragments of the right skull half.
MHI 1348/6: 1 tooth.
MHI 1748/39: 1 left tabular.
MHI 1348/3-1348/5: Osteoderms.
KUHN 1938
Locality: Halberstadt, Sachsen-Anhalt State, Germany.
Horizon: Keuper Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Noriani Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.
Material:
Number: Not given: Fragment of skull.
= Gerrothorax cf. pulcherrimus JENKINS, SHUBIN, AMARAL, GATESY, SCHAFF, DOWNS, CLEMMENSEN, BONDE, DAVIDSON & OSBAECK, 1993
Locality: Carlsberg Fjord beds, 71°22.30’N, 22°33.14’W, at Macknight Bjerg, Jameson Land, latitudes 71’15”N, and 71’50”N, East Greenland.
Horizon: Ørstead Dal Member, Fleming Fjord Formation, Scoresby Land Group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Norian-Rhaetian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.
Material:
MCZ field no. 21/91G: Skull and anterior parts of skeleton.
Note: Additional material: 6 skeletons and more than 34 variously complete skulls.
JENKINS, SHUBIN, GATESY & WARREN, 2008 (The authors didn't breakdown the specimens from the following localities).
Locality: Sydkronen, 71°49.979'N, 22°36.370'W, Jameson Land, East Greenland.
Horizon: Middle Malmros Klint Member, Fleming Fjord Formation, Scoresby Land Group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Norian-Rhaetian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.
Locality: A quarry on the southeast flank of Macknight Bjerg, 71°22.227'N, 22°33.341'W, Jameson Land, East Greenland.
Horizon: Lower Carlsbjerg Fjord Beds, Ørstead Dal Member, Fleming Fjord Formation, Scoresby Land Group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Norian-Rhaetian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.
Material:
MGUH 28923, 28925: Isolated incomplete skulls.
GM-V-2008-12: A mandibular ramus.
MGUH 28917: A large clivicle.
MGUH 18918: A skull, mandible and the anterior part of hte postcranial skeleton.
MGUH 28919: A skull, mandible, clavicles and branchial skeleton.
MGUH 28921: A partial skull lacking the right subtemporal fossa and quadratojugal.
MCZ 9511: A skull and mandible.
MGUH 28922: Articulated ventral scutes and gastralia.
MGUH 28924: Two specimens including a vertebral series with articulated cleithroclavicular complex, a skull roof and atlas attached to dorsal scutes, and an interclavicle with articulated ventral scutes.
GM-V-2008-24: A small skull, pectoral girdle, vertebra and scutes.
MGUH 28916: A small partial skull.
= Plagiosaurus pulcherrimus HUENE, 1922
Locality: Pfaffenhofen, Baden-Wurttemberg State, Germany.
Horizon: Stubensandstein.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Noriani Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.
Material:
Nr. 12592: Nearly complete skull.
Nr. 12038: Fragmentary skeleton.
Locality: N 49°12’52”, F9°40’52”, Autobahn near Kupferzell-Bauersbach, near Schwabish Hall, Hohenlohekreis, Baden-Wurttemberg State, Germany.
Horizon: Erfurt Formation (Untere Grau Mergel, Upper Lettenkeuper, Longobardian).
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
SMNS 83047, 83046: 2 interclavicles.
SMNS 83087: Right clavicle.
SMNS 83385: Adult scapulocoracoid.
SMNS 83562: Right puboischium.
SMNS 83866: Articulated skeleton and skin impressions.
SMNS 84786: Disarticulated skeleton.
SMNS 84787: Fragmentary skull and fragmentary skeleton.
Note: Shows hypobranchials and ceratohyals.SMNS 84788: Fragmentary skull and fragmentary skeleton.
SMNS 84789: Palate, right side of the snout.
SMNS 91534a: Juvenile scapulocoracoid.
WITZMANN, SCHOCH, HILGER & KARDJILOV, 2012
MHI 1348: Anterior part of skull with sphenethmoid and palate.
SMNS 83867: Posterior skull table, parasphenoid, exoccipitals and epipterygoid.
SMNS 83756, 83759: Isolated sphenethmoid elements.
SCHOCH, 2015
SMNS 83050: Interclavicle.
SMNS 83096: Clavicle.
SMNS 83346: Scale, centra.
SMNS 83866: Skull and skeleton.
SCHOCH & MORENO, 2024
SMNS 83868: Skull bones.
SMNS 84791: Hemimandible.
SCHOCH & WITZERMAN, 2012
SMNS 81518, 81520-81522, 81528: Isolated parasphenods.
SMNS 82791: Mandibles.
SMNS 83070: Fragmentary skull and mandible.
SMNS 83616: Skull fragments.
SMNS 83625: Small fragments.
SMNS 83634: Skull fragments.
SMNS 83866: nearly complete, articulated skeleton.
SMNS 83869: Fragmentary skull.
SMNS 84787-84788: Fragmentary skull material wiht associated poscrania.
SMNS 93628: Skull fragments.
SCHOCH & MORENO, 2024
Locality: Arnstadt, road construction site, Baden-Wurttemberg State, Germany.
Horizon: Sandstones and green mudstones, below Melchendorfer Dolomit.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
NHMS-WT 2892: 2 interclavicles.
Locality: Arnstadt-Nort, road construction site, Thuringia State, Germany.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
NHMS: Few specimens.
Locality: Molsdorf, road construction site, Thuringia State, Germany.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
NHMS: Few specimens.
SCHOCH & WITZMANN, 2012
Locality: Vellberg, near Schwabish Hall, Hohenlohekreis, Baden-Württemberg State, Germany.
Horizon: Erfurt Formation (Untere Grau Mergel, Upper Lettenkeuper, Longobardian).
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
SMNS 91284: Articulated postcranium with parts of mandible.
SMNS 91354: Partial skull and mandible.
SCHOCH & MORENO, 2024
MHI 1348/1: Right part of skull.
MHI 1989/1: Disarticualted skeleton without skull.
Locality: Hegnabrunn, Germany.
Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
SMNS 57046, 81991: Interclavicle and vertebra.
Locality: Rielingshausen, near Kupferzell-Bauersbach, near Schwabish Hall, Hohenlohekreis, Baden-Württemberg State, Germany.
Horizon: Erfurt Formation (Untere Grau Mergel, Upper Lettenkeuper, Longobardian).
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
SMNS 52802: Vertebra, and osterderm.
Locality: Zwingelhausen, near Kupferzell-Bauersbach, near Schwabish Hall, Hohenlohekreis, Baden-Württemberg State, Germany.
Horizon: Erfurt Formation (Untere Grau Mergel, Upper Lettenkeuper, Longobardian).
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
SMNS 56381: Cleithrum.
Locality: Vaihingen, near Kupferzell-Bauersbach, near Schwabish Hall, Hohenlohekreis, Baden-Württemberg State, Germany.
Horizon: Erfurt Formation (Untere Grau Mergel, Upper Lettenkeuper, Longobardian).
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
SMNS 54857: Vertebra.
Locality: Michelbach an der Bilz, near Kupferzell-Bauersbach, near Schwabish Hall, Hohenlohekreis, Baden-Württemberg State, Germany.
Horizon: Erfurt Formation (Untere Grau Mergel, Upper Lettenkeuper, Longobardian).
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
MHI uncatalouged:
Locality: Anatina-bank of Kaubenheim, Baden-Württemberg State, Germany.
Horizon: Grabfeld Formation, Acrodus-Bank), Gipskeuper.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
SMNS 97109: Osteoderm.
Locality: Schilfansandstein locality, at Feuerbacher Heide, Baden-Württemberg State, Germany.
Horizon: Stuttgart Formaiton (Schilfandstein).
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
SMNS 17032: Interclavicle and cleithrum.
Locality: Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg State, Germany.
Horizon: Exter Formation, Lower Stubensandstein.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
SMNS 81978: Osteoderms.
SMNS 84180: Osteoderm.
Localty: Esslingen and Hildesheim, Germany.
Horizon: Rhaetian.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
SMNS 59649: Osteoderms.
= Gerrothorax pustuloglomeratus (HUENE, 1922) HELLRUNG, 2003
Etymology:
= Plagiosuchus pustuloglomeratus HUENE, 1922
= Plagiosuchus pustuloglomeratus mut. gigantea SCHMIDT, 1936Holotype: SMNS 11832
Locality: Crailsheim, Hohenlohe, Baden-Württemberg State, Germany.
Horizon: Grenzbonebed, Lower Keuper, Erfurt Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Ladinian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material: Fragmentary interclavical and clavical.
Referred material:
GPIT/AM 15: Fragment of interclavicle.
HELLRUNG, 2003
Locality: Hegnabrunn, Upper Franconia State, Germany.
Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy: spinosus-nodsus Zone.
Age: Ladinian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
SMNS 81991: Fragment of interclavicle.
Locality: Bridge-Pierre, Moselle Department, France.
Note: Steinbiedersdorf , Lothringen, in German.Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy: spinosus-nodsus Zone.
Age: Ladinian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
Number: Not given: Osteoderm.
/HUENE, 1902
Locality: Bouzonville, Lorraine Department, France.
Note: Bussendorf, Lothringen, in German.Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy: spinosus-nodsus Zone.
Age: Ladinian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
Number: Not given: Fragment of interclavicle.
Locality: Schwabisch-Hall-Steinbach, Steinbruch Scheuermann, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Alberti-Bank, Ob. Teil, Serrolepis-Bank (ku1).
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Triassic.
Material:
MH1 1348: Skull fragment.
Locality: Sandige Pflanzerschiefer, Michelbach/Bilz, Lower Franconia State, Germany.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Triassic.
Material:
MHI: 3 clavicles, interclavicle, osteoderms, vertebrae, and phalanges?
Locality: Michelbach/Bilz (Bauaushub am N Ortsrand and der Strase near Hessental), Lower Franconia State, Germany.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Triassic.
Material:
GPIT ohne Nr:Clavicle, interclavicule, vertebrae and ribs.
Locality: Thuringia State, Germany.
Horizon: Lettenkohlen sandstone.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Triassic.
Material:
Number: Not given: Fragmentary skull.
= Gerrothorax striopustulatus (HUENE, 1922) (HUENE, 1922) KUHN, 1960
Etymology:
= Plagiosaurus striopustulatus HUENE, 1922
= Plagiobatrachus striopustulatus (HUENE, 1922) WARREN, 1985Syntype: SMNS 11424
Locality: Sonnenberg, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg State, Germany.
Horizon: Middle Keuper, Steigerwald Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Noriani Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.
Material: Fragment of interclavicle, fragment of clavicle and fragmentary remains.
Referred material:
SMNS 55345-55350:
SMNS 55351:
SMNS 11425, 55352:
= Gerrothorax franconicus (KUHN, 1932) ROMER, 1947
Etymology:
= Plagiosaurus franconicus KUHN, 1932Holotype:
Locality: Ebrach, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Middle Keuper, Hassberge Formation, Blasensandstein.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Carnian (Julina) Stage, Lower Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.
Material: Interclavicle.
= Gerrothorax rhaeticus NILSSON, 1934
Etymology:Holotype: Geological-Mineralogical Institute of the University of Lund, Coll. 1933, LU 3176T, LU 3176aT, LU3176bT ("Fund A")
Locality: Kohlenmine von Bjuv, north of Helsingborg, Skane (Scania) Province, Sweden.
Horizon: Bjuv Member, Hoganas Formation, Rhat.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Rhaetian Stage, Uppermost Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.
Material: Posterior part of the dermal shoulder-girdle, the anterior and middle part of the gastral skeleton and corresponiding parts of the axial skeleton, ribs, and doral scale-armor.
Referred material:
NR B2-4 ("Fund B"): Posterior skull, and fragmentary skeleton.
NILSSON, 1946/NILSSON, 1937
Locality: Skane (Scania) Province, Sweden.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Rhaetian Stage, Uppermost Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.
Material:
Palaeozoological Department of the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Coll. 1885: Fragment of posterior part of skull.
Locality: Skane (Scania) Province, Sweden.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Rhaetian Stage, Uppermost Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.
Material:
Swedish Museum of Natural History, Coll. 1942: Fragmentary skull and skeleton on 5 slabs. Three of these are from the dorsal parts, the other two are from the ventral part of the skeleton.