Where: Germany (52.2° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 16.1° N, 20.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kupferschiefer Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; lithified, carbonaceous shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: quarrying

• The excavation and documentation of the Kupferschiefer described here is based on an earlier unpublished prospective excavation first done in March 2004, with another following in July 2005; just one month in total was excavated. The data collected and the total excavation material is the property of the Kultur-und Verkehrsverein Hasbergen e.V. and is newly stored and partly accessible in the Geozentrum Hasbergen in a part of the old Hotel Gasthof Schierke. Part of the material is prepared and on open display in the Permisches Blaue Ozean Besucherzentrum (“Permian Blue Ocean Visitor Center”) of that hotel, and is combined with the (Geopark) Hüggel-Geotrail.

Primary reference: C. G. Diedrich. 2009. A coelacanthid-rich site at Hasbergen (NW Germany): taphonomy and palaeoenvironment of a first systematic excavation in the Kupferschiefer (Upper Permian, Lopingian). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 89:67-94 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 130277: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 06.07.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

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