Where: Bayern, Germany (49.2° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 19.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

• Lias Epsilon, Posidonia shales

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: recrystallized, original calcite, replaced with pyrite

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: M. Kutscher. 1992. Ophiomusium geisingense n.sp. eine neue Ophiurenart aus dem Lias Epsilon (Unteres Toarcium) von Bachhausen/Bayern. Archaeopteryx 10:25-30 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32011: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 31.05.2003

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