Schalksburg-Schule, Neubaugebiet, Albstadt-Ebingen (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany (48.2° N, 9.0° E: paleocoordinates 39.3° N, 17.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Idoceras planula ammonoid zone, Wohlgeschichtete Kalk Formation, Early/Lower Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: G. Bechly, A. Nel, X. Martínez-Declòs, E. A. Jarzembowski, R. Coram, D. Martill, G. Fleck, F. Escuillié, M. M. Wisshak and M. Maisch. 2001. A revision and phylogenetic study of Mesozoic Aeshnoptera, with description of numerous new taxa (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera). Neue Paläontologische Abhandlungen 4:1-219 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105964: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.02.2011

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Odonata - Cymatophlebiidae
Cymatophlebia suevica n. sp. Bechly et al. 2001 true dragonfly