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Glanochthon fossil map

Where fossils of Glanochthon have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 300 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 300 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

GroupEarly tetrapods & amphibians
Lived298.9–283.3 million years ago (Asselian to Artinskian)
PeriodsPermian
Named bySchoch and Witzmann 2009
Fossil records7 occurrences at 6 locations (PBDB)
Found inGermany
Rock formationsMeisenheim, Lauterecken-Odernheim, Goldlauter

About Glanochthon

Glanochthon is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Early Permian of Germany. Fossils have been found from the Meisenheim Formation in the Saar–Nahe Basin.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Glanochthon (revision 1331491835), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q5566642.

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