Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (52.1° N, 10.9° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 43.4° N, 24.2° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Amaltheus Clay Formation, Margaritatus (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• Gibbosus subzone, "Amaltheenton", bed 5: 20-30 cm thick

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: G. Arp and S. Seppelt. 2012. The bipolar bivalve Oxytoma (Palmoxytoma) cygnipes (Young and Bird, 1822) in the Upper Pliensbachian of Germany. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 86:43-57 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 126942: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.04.2012

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