Also known as Richelsdorfer Gebirges
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
Collection methods: "a new find"
Primary reference: S. E. Bendix-Almgreen and E. Malzahn. 1969. Über neue oder wenig bekannte Elasmobranchier aus dem deutschen Kupferschiefer. Notizblatt des Hessischen Landesamtes für Bodenforschung 97:44-45 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 149494: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.08.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Ctenacanthus sp. Agassiz 1836 elasmobranch |