Großenlüder, quarry of Kalkwerk Meister (Meißner Formation) (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.6° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 16.0° N, 18.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Meißner Formation, Illyrian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Probably atavus to pulcher biozone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, nodular lime mudstone

• Nodular limestone (calcilutite, mudstone) interbedded with marlstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: private collection of Manfred Schulz (CSG)

Primary reference: M. Schulz. 2002. Krebse aus dem Oberen Muschelkalk von Osthessen und Thüringen. Teil 1- Pseudopemphix albertii (H. v. Meyer, 1840). Veröffentlichungen Naturkundemuseum Erfurt 21:15-38 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 226176: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.06.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Litogastroidae
Pseudopemphix albertii
Pseudopemphix albertii von Meyer 1840 decapod
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Germanonautilus sp.
Germanonautilus sp. von Mojsisovics 1902