Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.7° N, 9.6° E: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 18.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Posidonia Shale Formation, Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Pharmacist Weissman in 1841
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: F. Westphal. 1962. Die Krokodilier des Deutschen und Englischen Oberen Lias [The crocodiles of the German and English Upper Lias]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 118(1-3):23-118 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 132855: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 29.08.2012
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Taxonomic list
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"Mystriosaurus schmidti n. sp." = Macrospondylus bollensis
"Mystriosaurus schmidti n. sp." = Macrospondylus bollensis Cuvier 1824 marine crocodile Lost holotype first reported by Bronn 1841: collection of pieces from the back of skull, spine, and the front of the forelimb
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