Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (51.6° N, 9.9° E: paleocoordinates 17.1° N, 18.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Muschelkalk Group, Illyrian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• Middle Muschelkalk
Environment/lithology: lithified dolomite and lithified marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: Repository: Institut und Museum für Geologie und Paläontologie der Universität Göttingen
Primary reference: H. P. Schultze and H. Möller. 1986. Wirbeltierreste aus dem Mittleren Muschelkalk (Trias) von Göttingen, West-Deutschland. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 60:109-129 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 139348: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch | |
Palaeobates angustissimus Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
Acrodus cf. lateralis Agassiz 1839 elasmobranch | |
Osteichthyes | |
Saurichthys sp. Agassiz 1834 ray-finned fish | |
Gnathostomata | |
Actinopterygii indet. ray-finned fish | |
Actinopteri | |
Colobodus sp. Agassiz 1843
Colobodus cf. maximus Dames 1888 | |
Eosemionotus vogeli Fritsch 1906 | |
Osteichthyes | |
Gyrolepis sp. Agassiz 1833 | |
Reptilia | |
Nothosaurus sp. Münster 1834 diapsid | |
Coelacanthimorpha | |
"Actinistia indet." = Coelacanthimorpha
"Actinistia indet." = Coelacanthimorpha lobe-finned fish |