Where: Bayern, Germany (48.8° N, 10.9° E: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 19.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Hybonoticeras hybonotum ammonoid zone, Mörnsheim Formation, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)
• Mörnsheim Formation, early Tithonian–uppermost hybonotum Tethys ammonite zone
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the BMNH
Collection methods: quarrying
Primary reference: M. T. Young and M. B. Andrade. 2009. What is Geosaurus? Redescription of Geosaurus giganteus (Thalattosuchia: Metriorhynchidae) from the Upper Jurassic of Bayern, Germany. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157(3):551-585 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Young]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 212951: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.08.2020, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Aeolodon priscus n. sp.1
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"Lacerta gigantea n. sp." = Geosaurus giganteus Sömmerring 1816 marine crocodile BMNH R1229, holotype first reported by Von Sömmerring (1816), middle portion of cranium and mandible, badly deformed; BMNH R1230, four slabs of lithographic limestone: (1) lateral mid-portion of cranium consisting of lateral portion of the prefrontal, and frontal and postorbital portions of the beginning of the supratemporal arch; (2) anterior dorsals in ventral view with associated ribs; (3) mid-dorsals in ventral view with associated ribs; and (4) both sacrals in ventral view with gastralia, two pubis, incomplete femora proximal heads, isolated ribs, part of ischium, and illac blade
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