Where: Germany (54.3° N, 7.7° E: paleocoordinates 18.0° N, 20.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Zechstein Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)
• Z1 member
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: core
Primary reference: H. W. Holzapfel and E. Malzahn. 1984. Die Fischreste der küstennahen Sedimente des unteren Zechstein 1 Westdeutschlands. Geologica et Palaeontologica 18:81-99 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 130041: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 04.07.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Menaspis armata Ewald 1848 chimaera | |
Osteichthyes | |
Palaeoniscus freieslebeni Blainville 1818 | |
Pygopterus humboldti Agassiz 1833 | |
Acrolepis sedgwickii Agassiz 1833 ray-finned fish |