Holzmaden, Lias epsilon II/10 (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württenburg, Germany (48.6° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.8° N, 17.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lias Epsilon II/10 Member (Posidonia Shale Formation), Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Collection of the Leningrad Museum

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 132864: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 29.08.2012, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata -
"Steneosaurus bollensis" = Macrospondylus bollensis
"Steneosaurus bollensis" = Macrospondylus bollensis Cuvier 1824 marine crocodile
Leningrad Museum skeleton 5 metres long
 Ichthyosauria -
Suevoleviathan sp. Maisch 1998 ichthyosaur
GPIT PV 18136