Region of Boll, near Göppingen (Jurassic of Germany)

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

Reptilia
 Loricata -
"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