Saarbrücken (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.2° N, 7.0° E: paleocoordinates 14.2° N, 17.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta plain; lithified claystone and siltstone

• "Fossils deposited in a shallow, brackish environment" (Grimaldi & Engel, 2005)

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Kessler

• Repository: collection of Dr. Kessler

Primary reference: P. C. Bill. 1914. Über Crustaceen aus dem Voltziensandstein des Elsasses. Mitteilungen der Geologischen Landesanstalt von Elsaß-Lothringen 8:289-338 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 226204: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.06.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Lophogastrida - Eucopiidae
Schimperella kessleri n. sp.
Schimperella kessleri n. sp. Bill 1914