Where: Germany (52.3° N, 9.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 43.9° N, 20.0° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Raricostatum to Raricostatum (199.5 - 184.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collected by Krause, Meyer

Collection methods: chemical, sieve,

• Material treated with with H2O2 and sieved. Repository: Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaftlichen und Rohstoffe/Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Bodenforschung (BGR/NLfB)

Primary reference: M. Jäger. 1985. Die Crinoiden aus dem Pliensbachium (mittlerer Lias) von Rottorf am Klei und Empelde (Süd-Niedersachsen). Bericht der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft zu Hannover 128:71-151 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 162047: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.09.2014

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