Where: Bayern, Germany (48.9° N, 11.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 19.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Mörnsheim Formation, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)
• Mörnsheim Formation (Lower Tithonian)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; muddy, cherty/siliceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Reposited in the BSP
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Munich, Germany, BSPG
Primary reference: O. W. M. Rauhut, A. M. Heyng, A. López-Arbarello and A. Hecker. 2012. A new rhynchocephalian from the Late Jurassic of Germany with a dentition that is unique amongst tetrapods. PLoS ONE 7(10):e46839:1-9 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 135673: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 01.11.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Oenosaurus muehlheimensis n. gen. n. sp.
Oenosaurus muehlheimensis n. gen. n. sp. Rauhut et al. 2012 lepidosaur Holotype: BSPG 2009 I 23; partial skull and complete mandibles
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