Deister Hills pterosaur (Cretaceous of Germany)

Also known as Ctenochasma roemeri holotype

Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (52.3° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 17.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Purbek Kalk Formation, Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• "heavy, hard, dark grey quartzite"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by Römer

Primary reference: H. v. Meyer. 1851. Ctenochasma Roemeri. Palaeontographica 2:82-84 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94085: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 09.02.2010

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pterosauria -
Ctenochasma roemeri n. gen. n. sp.
Ctenochasma roemeri n. gen. n. sp. Meyer 1851 pterosaur
Holotype partial mandible, specimen lost