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

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