Also known as Eichstatt, Schernfeld

Where: Bayern, Germany (48.9° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 40.2° N, 19.2° 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: adpression

Collected by X. Frey in 1951

• discovered in March 1951 by Xavier Frey

Primary reference: F. X. Mayr. 1973. Ein neuer Archaeopteryx-Fund [A new Archaeopteryx find]. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 47(1/2):17-24 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 53039: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.09.2005, edited by Jonathan Tennant, Richard Butler, Bethany Allen, Grace Varnham and Pete Wagner

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