Ohmden, epsilon II/6b (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württenburg, Germany (48.6° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.8° N, 17.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Harpoceras falciferum ammonoid zone, Lias Epsilon II/6b Member (Posidonia Shale Formation), Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

• Lias ("Schwarzjura") epsilon II/6b (Schieferklotz)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by B. Hauff Sr and Jr in 1948; reposited in the SMNS

Primary reference: K. Padian. 2008. The Early Jurassic pterosaur Dorygnathus banthensis (Theodori, 1830). Special Papers in Palaeontology 80:1-64 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91659: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 13.10.2009, edited by Roger Benson

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pterosauria - Rhamphorhynchidae
Dorygnathus banthensis Theodori 1831 pterosaur
SMNS 18969, disarticulated, incomplete skull, with lower jaws; several cervical and dorsal vertebrae; sternum; both scapulocoracoids; both forelimbs and hindlimbs
 Loricata -
"Steneosaurus bollensis" = Macrospondylus bollensis
"Steneosaurus bollensis" = Macrospondylus bollensis Cuvier 1824 marine crocodile
Tübingen Re 1193/1: 3 m long skeleton from Lias epsilon II/6, collected by Hauff