Where: Germany (50.9° N, 12.1° E: paleocoordinates 15.7° N, 24.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zechstein Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• No data given, but identification requires that the specimen(s) come from the Zechstein

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Hoppe in 1745

Primary reference: T. C. Hoppe. 1745. Kurtze Beschreibung Versteinerter Gryphiten daß solche zurückgebliebene Zeugen der allgemeinen Sündfluth sind; nebst anderer Fossilien, so hier in Gera befindlich sind 1-28 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 116173: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.09.2011

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