Metzingen, near Reutlingen (BMNH fish Coll.) (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (48.6° N, 9.3° E: paleocoordinates 37.8° N, 18.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 Ma)

• Upper Lias

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: A. S. Woodward. 1895. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part III 1-544 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131923: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 02.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae
"Leptolepis bronni" = Leptolepis coryphaenoides
"Leptolepis bronni" = Leptolepis coryphaenoides Bronn 1830
BMNH 36129 (purchased 1861)
 Holostei - Dapediidae
"Tetragonolepis pholidotus" = Dapedius pholidotus
"Tetragonolepis pholidotus" = Dapedius pholidotus Agassiz 1832
BMNH 36049