Hesselberg, 25 km south of Ansbach (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Lower Franconia, Germany (49.1° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 16.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Jurassic (201.3 - 174.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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 132863: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 29.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata -
"Steneosaurus bollensis" = Macrospondylus bollensis
"Steneosaurus bollensis" = Macrospondylus bollensis Cuvier 1824 marine crocodile
Fragment of Steneosaurus mentioned by Ammon (1891, p. 678)