Near Banz Monastery, Trimeusel, Mains River (Jurassic of Germany)

Also known as Klosters Banz, Banz Abbey

Where: Nördliche Frankenalb, Germany (50.1° N, 11.0° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 19.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 Ma)

• 'Lias'

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Pappelalle (=poplars?) of Unnersdorf in 1840

• With the exception of the Tübingen copy Re 1193/5 they are all kept in the collection of fossils of the monastery Banz

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 132859: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 29.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

• During its construction in 1840, the poplars of Unnersdorf has to Banz delivered finds, including the famous giant ichthyosaur skull.
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Reptilia
 Loricata -
"Steneosaurus bollensis" = Macrospondylus bollensis, "Mystriosaurus murkii n. sp." = Macrospondylus bollensis
"Steneosaurus bollensis" = Macrospondylus bollensis Cuvier 1824 marine crocodile
Including Tubingen specimen RE 1193/5; and other reasonably complete skeletons
"Mystriosaurus murkii n. sp." = Macrospondylus bollensis Cuvier 1824 marine crocodile
Two partial skeletons found by Pastor Murk in 1843: include specimens in the collection of Banz monastery 1, 26 and 21a