Abandoned Gravel Pit, Demmin (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (53.9° N, 13.1° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 20.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Middle Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• Middle Callovian Geschiebe from Pleistocene glacial deposits, Demmin, West Pomerania, NE Germany

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• Pleistocene glacial deposits

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Greifswald, Germany

Primary reference: G. Schweigert and J. Koppka. 2011. Decapods (Crustacea: Brachyura) from the Jurassic of Germany and Lithuania, with descriptions of new species of Planoprosopon and Tanidromites. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 260:221-235 [M. Clapham/R. Valdez/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 227690: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Rosa Valdez on 26.10.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Longodromitidae
Planoprosopon quadratum n. sp. Schweigert and Koppka 2011 crab