Mansfeld, Thüringia (BMNH) (Permian of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.6° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 16.1° N, 23.2° E)

When: Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Marl Slate, Kupferschiefer

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: A. S. Woodward. 1891. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History). Part II. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) 2 [W. Dahdul/B. Frable ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140944: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 19.03.2013

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepididae
"Acrolepis sedgwicki" = Acrolepis sedgwickii
"Acrolepis sedgwicki" = Acrolepis sedgwickii Agassiz 1833 ray-finned fish
BMNH P3411, 15401, 1992
 Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepidae
"Acrolepis exsculptus" = Reticulolepis exsculpta
"Acrolepis exsculptus" = Reticulolepis exsculpta Kurtze 1839 ray-finned fish
BMNH P3410
 Palaeonisciformes - Platysomidae
Platysomus gibbosus Blainville 1818
BMNH 44864
 Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
"Palaeoniscus freieslebeni" = Palaeoniscus freieslebeni, "Palaeoniscus magnus" = Palaeoniscus freieslebeni
"Palaeoniscus freieslebeni" = Palaeoniscus freieslebeni Blainville 1818
BMNH 857-8, P.6298, 33217, P.1020, P.6293
"Palaeoniscus magnus" = Palaeoniscus freieslebeni Blainville 1818
BMNH 15405, 18506
 Palaeonisciformes - Pygopteridae
Pygopterus humboldti Agassiz 1833
BMNH P.3414-a, 18505