Pott Quarry, Lutternsche Egge (Jurassic of Germany)

Also known as Minden, Wiehengebirge

Where: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (52.3° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 17.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Erymnoceras coronatum ammonoid zone, Upper Siltstone Series Member (Ornatenton Formation), Middle Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, argillaceous mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by F. Albat, K.-P. Lanser and team in 1998–2001

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: R. Windolf. 2000. Dinosaur sites from the Upper Jurassic of northern Germany. In S. Sachs & R. Windolf (ed.), First Symposium on European Dinosaurs. Programme and Abstracts 26-27 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183141: authorized by Oliver Rauhut, entered by Oliver Rauhut on 05.12.2016, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Megalosauridae
Wiehenvenator albati n. gen. n. sp.1 Rauhut et al. 2016 tetanuran theropod
Torvosaurus sp.2 Galton and Jensen 1979 tetanuran theropod
maxilla (WMNM P27690, P27691, P80969, P27685, P27686), pedal phalanx (WMNM P27698, P27693)
 Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Liopleurodon sp.1 Sauvage 1873 plesiosaur
centra, teeth
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet.1 Rafinesque 1835
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonitida indet.1 Hyatt 1889 ammonite
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnitida indet.1 Zittel 1895 belemnite
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet.1 Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet.1 lamp shell