Gera (Geinitz coll) (Permian of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.9° N, 12.1° E: paleocoordinates 15.8° N, 24.3° E)

• 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: H. B. Geinitz. 1841. Über organische Reste im Zechstein bei Altenburg, Ronneburg und Gera. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde 1841:637-642 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118857: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
"Producta aculeata" = Horridonia horrida
"Producta aculeata" = Horridonia horrida Sowerby 1822
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
"Spondylus goldfussii" = Dasyalosia goldfussi
"Spondylus goldfussii" = Dasyalosia goldfussi Münster 1839
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
"Pinna prisca" = Aviculopinna pinnaeformis
"Pinna prisca" = Aviculopinna pinnaeformis Geinitz 1848 oyster
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Liroceratidae
"Nautilus freieslebeni" = Peripetoceras freieslebeni
"Nautilus freieslebeni" = Peripetoceras freieslebeni Geinitz 1843