Where: Land Bayern, Germany (48.9° N, 11.1° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 32.1° N, 23.9° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Hybonoticeras hybonotum ammonoid zone, Solnhofen Formation, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• Repository: collection of Häberlein (Pappenheim, Germany)
Primary reference: J. A. Wagner. 1861. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der urweltlichen Fauna des lithographischen Schiefers [New contributions to the knowledge of the ancient fauna of the lithographic slates]. Abhandlungen der königlichen bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaft, II Classe 9(1):65-124 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 137801: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 19.12.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Xiphosura | |
"Limulus giganteus n. sp." = Mesolimulus walchi
"Limulus giganteus n. sp." = Mesolimulus walchi Desmarest 1822 horseshoe crab | |
Reptilia | |
Euryaspis radians n. gen. n. sp.
Euryaspis radians n. gen. n. sp. Wagner 1861 turtle |