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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Xiphosura | |
"Limulites bronnii n. gen. n. sp." = Limulitella bronnii
"Limulites bronnii n. gen. n. sp." = Limulitella bronnii Schimper 1853 horseshoe crab |