Where: Bavaria, Germany (49.8° N, 11.0° E: paleocoordinates 39.1° N, 18.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• exaratum subzone, bed V (60-80cm)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, original aragonite

Collection methods: Specimens housed at the Institute of Geology and Paleontology at the University Tübingen, coll. no. 1590/1-67.

Primary reference: W. Riegraf. 1985. Biostratigraphie, Fauna und Mikropaläontologie des Untertoarcium-Profiles von Unterstürmig (Oberfranken, Süddeutschland). Geologische Blätter für Nordost-Bayern 34/35:241-272 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51272: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 02.06.2005

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