Hildesheim (Römer coll) (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (52.2° N, 10.0° E: paleocoordinates 18.1° N, 16.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• Probably upper Muschelkalk

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Roemer; reposited in the BSP

• From Official Assessor Römer

Primary reference: G. Münster. 1839. Ueber einige merkwürdige Fische aus dem Kupferschiefer und dem Muschelkalk. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 1:114-121 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 149470: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.08.2013, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Ctenodonta elliptica" = Leda elliptica
"Ctenodonta elliptica" = Leda elliptica Goldfuss 1837 pointed nut clam
Osteichthyes
 Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
Saurichthys semicostatus Münster 1839 ray-finned fish