Where: Bayern, Germany (48.9° N, 11.8° E: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 19.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Malm zeta 3 zone, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: M. Kutscher and M. Röper. 1995. Die Ophiuren des "Papierschiefers" von Hienheim (Malm zeta 3, Untertithon). Archaeopteryx 13:85-89 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31991: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 30.05.2003

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