Where: Württemberg, Germany (48.6° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.8° N, 17.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lias Mittel-epsilon II/5 Member (Posidonia Shale Formation), Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)
• Lias Mittel-epsilon, Middle Posidonia Shale, Toarcian
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collection of Teylers Museum, Haarlem
Primary reference: F. -J. Pictet. 1853. Traité de Paléontologie ou Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Fossiles Considérés dans Leurs Rapports Zoologiques et Géologiques [Treatise of Paleontology or the Natural History of Fossil Animals Considered in their Zoological and Geological Relationships] 1:xiv-584 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 132801: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 28.08.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Pelagosaurus typus n. gen. n. sp.
Pelagosaurus typus n. gen. n. sp. Bronn 1841 marine crocodile Holotype: TM 2744 (Teyler-Museum, Haarlem)
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