Papiermühle, Wasselnheim (Triassic of France)

Also known as Quarry in Wasselonne

Where: France (48.6° N, 7.4° E: paleocoordinates 13.7° N, 18.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Grès à Voltzia Formation, Aegean (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: delta plain; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by P.C. Bill

• Repository: Geologischen Landesanstalt von Elsaß-Lothringen (collection of Stratigraphy Regional Service of the Geological Map of Alsace and Lorraine, Faculty of Sciences, Strasbourg)

Primary reference: P. C. Bill. 1914. Über Crustaceen aus dem Voltziensandstein des Elsasses. Mitteilungen der Geologischen Landesanstalt von Elsaß-Lothringen 8:289-338 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 154038: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 23.01.2014, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Xiphosura
 Xiphosurida - Limulidae
"Limulites bronni" = Limulitella bronnii
"Limulites bronni" = Limulitella bronnii Schimper 1853 horseshoe crab
Branchiopoda
 Diplostraca -
Estheria minuta von Zieten 1833 clam shrimp
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Clytiopsidae
"Clytiopsis argentoratense" = Clytiopsis argentoratense, "Clytiopsis elegans" = Clytiopsis argentoratense
"Clytiopsis argentoratense" = Clytiopsis argentoratense Bill 1914 decapod
"Clytiopsis elegans" = Clytiopsis argentoratense Bill 1914 decapod
 Decapoda - Aegeridae
"Penaeus atavus" = Anisaeger atavus
"Penaeus atavus" = Anisaeger atavus Bill 1914 decapod
 Lophogastrida - Eucopiidae
Multicrustacea
 Cyclida -
Anhelkocephalon handlirschi n. gen. n. sp. Bill 1914
Osteichthyes
 Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
Saurichthys daubreei n. sp. Firtion 1934 ray-finned fish