Where: Germany (48.8° N, 10.9° E: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 19.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)
• Scitulus Zone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. A. Hewitt and P. B. Wignall. 1988. Structure and phylogenetic significance of Trachyteuthis (Coleoidea) from the Kimmeridge Clay of England. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 47(2):149-153 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 73322: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.06.2007
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Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Trachyteuthis sp. octopus |