Boulder from Ahrensburg, near Hamburg (elegantulum-Geode) (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (53.7° N, 10.2° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 16.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Falciferum (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

• Elegantulum subzone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, nodular mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut Universität Hamburg (GPIHH, or GPIH or GPIUH)

Primary reference: J. Ansorge. 2004. Insekten aus Liasgeoden der Ahrensburger Geschiebesippe - mit einem Ausblick auf lokale Anreicherungen von Liäsgeoden in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Archiv für Geschiebekunde 3:779-784 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151353: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.09.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Eleganticeras elegantulum Young and Bird 1828 ammonite
Insecta
 Odonata - Liassogomphidae
Heterothemis brodiei Brodie 1845 dragonfly