Sassendorf (Triassic to of Germany)

Where: Nordrhein-Westphalen, Germany (50.0° N, 11.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 11.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bausandstein Formation, Rhaetian to Rhaetian (208.5 - 196.5 Ma)

• uppermost Rhaetian or lowermost Jurassic

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• European epicontinental seaway

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Primary reference: O. Kuhn. 1938. Drei neue Insekten aus dem Mesozoikum von Bayern. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 20:318-320 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 114771: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 24.08.2011, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Coelurosaurichnus sassendorfensis n. sp. Kuhn 1958 saurischian
Insecta
 Coleoptera - Elateridae
cf. Elaterophanes sp. Handlirsch 1906 click beetle