Onychoteuthis conocauda type locality, Paltum subzone, Posidonia (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (48.6° N, 9.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 39.5° N, 27.1° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tenuicostatum zone, Posidonia Formation, Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

• Paltum subzone ("Tafelfleins", E12), Tenuicostatum Zone, lower Toarcian (Lias E)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. Fuchs, D. T. Donovan, and H. Keupp. 2013. Taxonomic revision of “Onychoteuthis” conocauda Quenstedt, 1849 (Cephalopoda: Coleoidea). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 270(3):245-255 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 210060: authorized by Phil Novack-Gottshall, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 18.05.2020

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Diplobelida - Chondroteuthidae
"Onychoteuthis conocauda n. sp." = Clarkeiteuthis conocauda
"Onychoteuthis conocauda n. sp." = Clarkeiteuthis conocauda Quenstedt 1849 belemnite