Sandpit Küfner (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Bavaria, Germany (50.0° N, 11.5° E: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 12.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hettangian (201.3 - 199.3 Ma)

• Hettangian, Lower Liassic (alpha 1 and alpha 2),

Environment/lithology: pond; claystone

• After Van Konijnenburg-Van Cittert and Schmeissner (1999), this outcrops corresponds to a fluvial possibly deltaic succession. The sandstone represents point bars of a meandering river system; enclosed clay lenses contain a very rich flora and insects. The clay lenses represent deposits of old watercourses like oxbow lakes

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by Stefan Schmeißner, Günter Dütsch

Primary reference: A. Nel, V. Marie, and S. Schmeißner. 2002. Revision of the Lower Mesozoic dragonfly family Triassolestidae Tillyard, 1918 (Odonata: Epiproctophora). Annales de Paléontologie 88:189-214 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118017: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 01.10.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Odonata - Liassophlebiidae
Bavarophlebia schmeissneri n. gen. n. sp.
Bavarophlebia schmeissneri n. gen. n. sp. Nel and Petrulevičius 2005 damsel-dragonflies
G 753/02
 Dicondylia -
Germanophlebia magnifica n. gen. n. sp.
Germanophlebia magnifica n. gen. n. sp. Nel et al. 2002 winged insect
G 289/91, 22D01a