Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.5° N, 8.5° E: paleocoordinates 13.8° N, 18.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Muschelkalk Group, Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• Lower Muschelkalk Subgroup
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke. 2001. Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part VIII. A redescription of Phalarodon major (von Huene, 1916) and the composition and phylogeny of the Mixosauridae. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 220(3):431-447 [M. Carrano/H. Street/B. Allen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 196670: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 27.09.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Phalarodon major n. sp.
Phalarodon major n. sp. Maisch and Matzke 2000 ichthyosaur SMNS 7631 (lectotype), part of a right dentary
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