Where: Germany (48.7° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 18.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bifrons (182.0 - 175.6 Ma)

• Given as "Lower Toarcian, 'bifrons' zone", so it is not clear whether the specimen is Lower Toarcian or from the Bifrons zone (which is Middle Toarcian).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, black shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the SMNS

Primary reference: H. Dutel, M. Herbin, and G. Clément. 2015. First occurrence of a mawsoniid coelacanth in the Early Jurassic of Europe. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(e929581):1-13 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 181399: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.09.2016

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