Spechtsbrink im Hils (Cretaceous of Germany)

Also known as Ichthyosaurus polyptychodon locality

Where: Germany (51.9° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 18.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)

• Koken 1883: Speeton Clay

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Koken. 1883. Die Reptilien der norddeutschen unteren Kreide. Zeitschrift der Deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft 35:735-827 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 176253: authorized by Valentin Fischer, entered by Valentin Fischer on 04.02.2016

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria -
Ichthyosaurus polyptychodon n. sp. Koken 1883 ichthyosaur