Richelsdorf (Althaus coll) (Permian of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.0° N, 10.0° E: paleocoordinates 15.3° N, 22.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kupferschiefer Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, carbonaceous shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the BSP

• Münster's material possibly at BSP (all specimens assumed to come from Althaus collection)

Primary reference: G. Münster. 1840. Ueber einige Placoiden im Kupferschiefer zu Richelsdorf. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 3:122-126 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 149471: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.08.2013, edited by Joseph Flannery-Sutherland

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Petalodontiformes - Janassidae
"Janassa angulata" = Janassa bituminosa, "Dictea striata n. gen. n. sp." = Janassa bituminosa, "Byzenos latipinnatus n. gen. n. sp." = Janassa bituminosa2, "Janassa dictea n. sp." = Janassa bituminosa1
"Janassa angulata" = Janassa bituminosa Schlotheim 1820 chimaera
"Dictea striata n. gen. n. sp." = Janassa bituminosa Schlotheim 1820 chimaera
"Byzenos latipinnatus n. gen. n. sp." = Janassa bituminosa2 Schlotheim 1820 chimaera
"Janassa dictea n. sp." = Janassa bituminosa1 Schlotheim 1820 chimaera
 Ctenacanthiformes -
"Acrodus althausii n. sp." = Wodnika althausi, "Strophodus arcuatus n. sp." = Wodnika althausi, "Strophodus angustus n. sp." = Wodnika althausi2, "Wodnika striatula n. gen. n. sp." = Wodnika striatula2, "Radamas macrocephalus n. gen. n. sp." = Wodnika striatula2
"Acrodus althausii n. sp." = Wodnika althausi Münster 1840 elasmobranch
"Strophodus arcuatus n. sp." = Wodnika althausi Münster 1840 elasmobranch
"Strophodus angustus n. sp." = Wodnika althausi2 Münster 1840 elasmobranch
"Wodnika striatula n. gen. n. sp." = Wodnika striatula2 Münster 1843 elasmobranch
"Radamas macrocephalus n. gen. n. sp." = Wodnika striatula2 Münster 1843 elasmobranch
Coelacanthimorpha
 Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanthidae
"Coelacanthus hassiae n. sp." = Coelacanthus granulatus1
"Coelacanthus hassiae n. sp." = Coelacanthus granulatus1 Agassiz 1839 coelacanth
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Dorypteridae
"Platysomus althausii n. sp." = Dorypterus hoffmanni1
"Platysomus althausii n. sp." = Dorypterus hoffmanni1 Germar 1842
 Palaeonisciformes - Pygopteridae
"Pygopterus humboldii" = Pygopterus humboldti1
"Pygopterus humboldii" = Pygopterus humboldti1 Agassiz 1833
 Palaeonisciformes - Platysomidae
"Platysomus fuldai n. sp." = Eurysomus macrurus1, Platysomus intermedius1
"Platysomus fuldai n. sp." = Eurysomus macrurus1 Agassiz 1833
Collected by Fulda
Platysomus intermedius1 Münster 1842
NHMUK P.1601
 Palaeoniscimorpha - Mesolepidae
Globulodus elegans n. gen. n. sp.1
Globulodus elegans n. gen. n. sp.1 Münster 1842
 Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepidae
"Acrolepis exsculptus" = Reticulolepis exsculpta1
"Acrolepis exsculptus" = Reticulolepis exsculpta1 Kurtze 1839 ray-finned fish
1Münster 1842; 2Münster 1843