Where: Germany (50.9° N, 12.1° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 24.6° N, 30.7° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Zechstein Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.5 - 254.1 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
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Pinna prisca" = Aviculopinna pinnaeformis
"Pinna prisca" = Aviculopinna pinnaeformis Geinitz 1848 oyster | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Nautilus freieslebeni" = Peripetoceras freieslebeni
"Nautilus freieslebeni" = Peripetoceras freieslebeni Geinitz 1843 | |
Strophomenata | |
"Spondylus goldfussii" = Dasyalosia goldfussi
"Spondylus goldfussii" = Dasyalosia goldfussi Münster 1839 | |
"Producta aculeata" = Horridonia horrida
"Producta aculeata" = Horridonia horrida Sowerby 1822 |