Dotternhausen, between Inoceramen-bank and Nagelkalk-bänke (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (48.2° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 17.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Posidonienschiefer Formation, Falciferum (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Rohrbach Zement Collection

Primary reference: R. Fraaye and M. Jäger. 1995. Decapods in ammonite shells: examples of inquilinism from the Jurassic of England and Germany. Palaeontology 38:63-75 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 126162: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 31.03.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Erymidae
? Palaeastacus sp. Bell 1850 decapod
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Harpoceras falciferum Sowerby 1820 ammonite