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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Ctenodonta elliptica" = Leda elliptica
"Ctenodonta elliptica" = Leda elliptica Goldfuss 1837 pointed nut clam | |
Osteichthyes | |
Saurichthys semicostatus Münster 1839 ray-finned fish |