Aach, near Freudenstadt (Triassic of Germany)

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

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria - Mixosauridae
Phalarodon major n. sp. Maisch and Matzke 2000 ichthyosaur
SMNS 7631 (lectotype), part of a right dentary