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Fig. 2

From: A redescription of Trachelosaurus fischeri from the Buntsandstein (Middle Triassic) of Bernburg, Germany: the first European Dinocephalosaurus-like marine reptile and its systematic implications for long-necked early archosauromorphs

Fig. 2

Overview of MLU.GeoS.1612 and its sedimentary features. A, Historical label on the slab. B, Overview of MLU.GeoS.1612, the holotype of Trachelosaurus fischeri; the bracketed lower case letters correspond to the different slabs of which the specimen is composed. The asterisks (*) indicate tetrapod footprints preserved on the slabs. C–D Slab in cross-section, with trough cross-lamination (C) and the two intervals with an arrow pointing at their boundary (D). E Sinuous and ramified structures on the top surface (opposite to the surface preserving bones and footprints), including a close-up on the right. F Round structures. G Squared structure. H Tetrapod footprint (left manus) previously mentioned in Broili and Fischer (1918). Structures in F–H are in convex hyporelief, and their location is marked with matching upper case letters on the overview of the specimen in B

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