Holzmaden, epsilon II-8 or 9 (SMNS collection) (Jurassic of Germany)

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

When: Falciferum (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

• 2 m above the "Fleins"

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, concretionary shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected in 1899; reposited in the SMNS

Primary reference: C. J. Duffin. 1997. The dentition of Hybodus hauffianus Fraas, 1895 (Toarcian, Early Jurassic). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 256:1-22 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 139771: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.02.2013, edited by Jonathan Tennant

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus hauffianus Fraas 1895 elasmobranch
SMNS 10062, 10062a-d (isolated skull parts)
Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria -
Stenopterygius cuneiceps McGowan 1979 ichthyosaur
MHH '15', GPIT 1491/8
Stenopterygius quadriscissus Quenstedt 1858 ichthyosaur
MHH 'Z 21'