Where: Germany (51.0° N, 12.2° E: paleocoordinates 16.4° N, 21.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bunter Sandstone Formation, Early/Lower Triassic (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Bunter Sandstone, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Early Triassic. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown.
Primary reference: A. G. Smith. 1973. Fossil chitons from the Mesozoic - A checklist and bibliography. Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences 103:1-30 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91204: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.09.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chiton cottae | |
Chiton cottae Geinitz 1846 |