Where: Baden-Württenburg, Germany (48.6° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.8° N, 17.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Hildoceras bifrons ammonoid zone, Lias Epsilon III Member (Posidonia Shale Formation), Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)
• 150-200 mm above the boundary between the epsilon II and epsilon II-12 stratigraphic divisions
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• GPIT: Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie, Universität Tübingen
Primary reference: M. Friedman. 2012. Parallel evolutionary trajectories underlie the origin of giant suspension-feeding whales and bony fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279:944-951 [R. Benson/R. Benson/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 132361: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 15.08.2012, edited by Jonathan Tennant
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Ohmdenia multidentata n. gen. n. sp.
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Reptilia | |
"Leptopterygius disinteger n. sp." = Leptonectes
"Leptopterygius disinteger n. sp." = Leptonectes ichthyosaur Precise locality unknown, specimen details not reported
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