Wasselonne (Triassic of France)

Where: France (48.6° N, 7.5° E: paleocoordinates 13.7° N, 18.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Grès à Voltzia Formation, Aegean (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• The "grès bigarré" of Schimper (1853), which based on plants appears to be the Grès à Voltzia.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta plain; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Strasbourg Museum

Primary reference: W. P. Schimper. 1853. Paleontologica alsatica ou fragments paléontologiques des différents terrains stratifiés qui se recontrent en Alsace. Mémoires de la Société du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Strasbourg 4(HH):1-10 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 216765: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.12.2020

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Taxonomic list

Xiphosura
 Xiphosurida - Limulidae
"Limulites bronnii n. gen. n. sp." = Limulitella bronnii
"Limulites bronnii n. gen. n. sp." = Limulitella bronnii Schimper 1853 horseshoe crab