Upper Ceratitenschichten, Forstberg, Mühlhausen (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Thuringia, Germany (48.1° N, 8.6° E: paleocoordinates 14.1° N, 17.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Muschelkalk Group, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• upper Ceratites bed

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. H. Müller. 1976. Zur Taphonomie, Ichnologie und Ökologie triadischer Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata). Zeitschrift für geologische Wissenschaften 10:1399-1411 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89875: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 19.06.2009

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Taxonomic list

Ophiuroidea
 Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
"Aspidura scutellata" = Aspiduriella scutellata
"Aspidura scutellata" = Aspiduriella scutellata Blumenbach 1803 brittle star