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Odenwaldia fossil map

Where fossils of Odenwaldia have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 252 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 252 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 →

Odenwaldia
Image: Kuebi = Armin Kübelbeck, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly tetrapods & amphibians
Lived248.6–241.464 million years ago
PeriodsTriassic
Named byMorales and Kamphausen 1984
Fossil records3 occurrences at 3 locations (PBDB)
Found inGermany, Algeria
Rock formationsHardegsen, Lower Zarzaïtine

About Odenwaldia

Odenwaldia is an extinct genus of mastodonsauroid temnospondyl within the family Heylerosauridae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Odenwaldia (revision 1374853908), 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: Q7077672.

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