Where: Hessen, Germany (50.8° N, 8.5° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 29.2° N, 27.7° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Trochitenkalk Formation, Illyrian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• Upper Anisian (Illyrian).
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. Busse. 1974. Der Obere Muschelkalk im nordwestlichen Niederhessen. Notizbl. hess. L.-Amt. Bodenforsch. 102:91-135 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 44356: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.09.2004
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Encrinus liliiformis Lamarck 1801 Sea lily | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Coenothyris vulgaris Schlotheim 1820 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Lima striata" = Plagiostoma striatum
"Lima striata" = Plagiostoma striatum Schlotheim 1820 file clam |