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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Ctenochasma roemeri n. gen. n. sp.
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