Posidonien-Schiefer, Ohlmden, Holzmaden (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Baden-Würtemberg, Germany (48.6° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.8° N, 18.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Harpoceras falciferum ammonoid zone, Posidonienschiefer Formation, Falciferum (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: H. Hess. 1991. Neue Schlangensterne aus dem Toarcium und Aalenium des Schwäbischen Jura (Baden-Württemberg). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, serie B, Geologie und Paläontologie 180:1-11 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31896: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 28.05.2003, edited by Felix Marx

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Plesiosauria -
Plesiopterys wildi O'Keefe 2004 plesiosaur
complete skeleton
Ophiuroidea
 Ophiurida - Aplocomidae
Sinosura brodiei Wright 1866 brittle star
2 complete and 1 fragmentary specimen