Where: Germany (49.8° N, 10.0° E: paleocoordinates 22.1° N, 15.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Keuper Group, Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)
• "Cardinien-Sandstein" by Sandberger
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine delta plain; lithified, fine-grained, glauconitic sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by Sandberger
Primary reference: G. Geyer and K. P. Kleber. 1987. Flügelreste und Lebensspuren von Insekten aus dem Unteren Keuper Mainfrankens. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 174(3):331-355 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 114928: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 25.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Coleoptera "indet. B" Linnaeus 1758 beetle "Curculionites prodromus" according to Sandberger, 1867 WGIU F 2650
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