Schmerbach, Gothaischen (Permian of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.9° N, 10.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 24.4° N, 29.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zechstein Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. F. von Schlotheim. 1813. Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Versteinerungen in geognostischer Hinsicht. Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie, mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen, herausgegeben von Dr. Carl Caesar Leonhard 7(1):3-134 [G. Webster/G. Webster/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117893: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
"Terebratulites alatus" = Pterospirifer alatus
"Terebratulites alatus" = Pterospirifer alatus von Schlotheim 1813
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
"Gryphites aculeatus" = Horridonia horrida
"Gryphites aculeatus" = Horridonia horrida Sowerby 1822
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Polycoeliidae
"Coralliolites columnaris n. sp." = Calophyllum columnare
"Coralliolites columnaris n. sp." = Calophyllum columnare von Schlotheim 1813 horn coral
Lectotype and location information in Weyer (1984)