Also known as Ottmann Quarry

Where: Bayern, Germany (48.9° N, 11.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 19.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Altmühltal Formation (Weißjura Group), Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, soft parts

Collected by Häberlein in 1861; reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: salvage, mechanical,

• found by physician, Dr. Häberlein of Pappenheim (but not at Pappenheim)

Primary reference: R. Owen. 1862. On the fossil remains of a long-tailed bird (Archeopteryx macrurus, Ow) from the Lithographic Slate of Solenhofen. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 12:272-273 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 53036: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.09.2005, edited by Jonathan Tennant

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