Richelsdorf Mountains (Permian of Germany)

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

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae
Ctenacanthus sp. Agassiz 1836 elasmobranch