Worsbach (Permian of Germany)

Also known as Wörsbach

Where: Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (49.6° N, 7.7° E: paleocoordinates 3.1° N, 18.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: M6 Member (Meisenheim Formation), Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; shale

• "deposited in a large, shallow, eutrophic lake" - Carroll (1991)
• "laminated silty grey shale"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. R. Schoch and F. Witzmann. 2009. The temnospondyl Glanochthon from the Lower Permian Meisenheim Formation of Germany. Special Papers in Palaeontology 81:121-136 [R. Butler/E. Dunne]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180872: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 05.08.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
 Temnospondyli -
Glanochthon angusta
Glanochthon angusta Schoch and Witzmann 2009 tetrapod