Where: Germany (50.7° N, 11.6° E: paleocoordinates 15.3° N, 23.6° 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: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified dolomite
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: H. B. Geinitz. 1842. Über einige Petrefakte des Zechsteins und Muschelkalks. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde 1842:576-579 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 118867: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.10.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
"Orthis excavata n. sp." = Orthothrix excavata
"Orthis excavata n. sp." = Orthothrix excavata Geinitz 1842 |