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

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

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

• 4,5 m above top Solnhofen Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, cherty/siliceous wackestone

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, acetic, sieve,

Primary reference: P. Zügel. 1997. Discovery of a radiolarian fauna from the Tithonian of the Solnhofen area (Southern Franconian Alb, southern Germany). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 71(3-4):197-209 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81855: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 17.07.2008, edited by Jonathan Tennant

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