Where: Bavaria, Germany (48.9° N, 11.1° E: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 19.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hybonoticeras hybonotum ammonoid zone, Altmühltal Formation (Weißjura Group), Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• Lower Tithonian Altmühltal Formation, hybonotum Zone, riedense Subzone, eigeltingense Horizon

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Daniel Fauser

• Repository: Paläontologisches Institut und Museum der Universität Zürich, Switzerland (PIMUZ)

Primary reference: D. Fuchs, Y. Iba, A. Heyng, M. Iijima, C. Klug, N. L. Larson, and G. Schweigert. 2019. The Muensterelloidea: phylogeny and character evolution of Mesozoic stem octopods. Papers in Palaeontology 6:31-92 [R. Butler/E. Dunne/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 177016: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 16.03.2016

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