Also known as Dorygnathus mistelgauensis holotype

Where: Bayern, Germany (49.9° N, 11.5° E: paleocoordinates 39.4° N, 19.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lias Epsilon II Member (Posidonia Shale Formation), Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

• Lias Epsilon 2, probably between levels 1 and 6. Bed is called the "Monotis-Kalkbank", or "Monotis Chalk Bank", 5 cm above the "Fischschuppenschicht" ("Fish-remains Shale").

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by H. Herppich

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Made from the same horizon as a specimen of

Primary reference: R. Wild. 1971. Dorygnathus mistelgauensis n. sp., ein neuer Flugsaurier aus dem Lias Epsilon von Mistelgau (Fränkischer Jura). Geologische Blätter für Nordost-Bayern und angrenzende Gebiete 21(4):178-195 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28506: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 18.02.2003, edited by Roger Benson

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