Seinbruch am Geisburg quarry, Apfeltal (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Bavaria, Germany (48.9° N, 11.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 19.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Solnhofen Formation, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. Bardet and M. Fernandez. 2000. A new ichthyosaur from the Upper Jurassic lithographic limestones of Bavaria. Journal of Paleontology 74(3):503-511 [M. Carrano/H. Street]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 102301: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 13.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Aegirosaurus leptospondylus Wagner 1853 ichthyosaur
BSPHGM 1954 I 608 (referred specimen)