Altenburg near Pösnek (Freiberger Kabinet) (Permian of Germany)

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

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
"Orthis excavata n. sp." = Orthothrix excavata
"Orthis excavata n. sp." = Orthothrix excavata Geinitz 1842