Where: Bayern, Germany (48.9° N, 11.1° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 32.1° N, 23.9° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Hybonoticeras hybonotum ammonoid zone, Solnhofen Formation, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, gray lime mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,
• Repository: private collection of George Knorr
Primary reference: J. E. W. Walch and G. W. Knorr. 1777. Recueil des Monumens des Catastrophes que le Globe Terrestre a Éssuiées, Contenant des Pétrifications Dessinées, Gravées et Enluminées, Tome Premier 1-59 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 216602: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.12.2020
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Xiphosura | |
"Limulus walchii n. sp." = Mesolimulus walchi
"Limulus walchii n. sp." = Mesolimulus walchi Desmarest 1822 horseshoe crab |