From about 1.2 meters long , internationally unique fossil record of Pantelosaurus ( Haptodus ) Saxonicus ( Saxon Pelycosaurier the Permian period ) were obtained on May 6, 2014, a special drill two fossil bone samples to investigate this in more detail . The scientists hope the basis of the bone thin sections of the samples in the microscope to detect cell pattern in order to meet , among others, statements regarding the growth of animals.
The Saxon - Pelycosaurier finds come from the Doehlen pool near Freital and were discovered in the early 20th century when mining as Beifund . Frederik Spindler, a paleontologist at the University of Freiberg , Dr. Johannes Richter , Head of Unit for geoarchives , geoinformation , Collections State Agency for Environment , Agriculture and Geology, and Christians Shelton of the University of Bonn withdrawals , the samples in Freiberg.
The tests run as part of a three-year DFG research project on "Revision of the early Sphenacodontier " . The joint project is running since May 2012 under the direction of Prof. Jörg W. Schneider (TU Freiberg ) and Professor Martin Sander of the Steinmann Institute in Bonn . In the summer of 2013, the researchers have made similar investigations on alleged pups this dinosaur .
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