Wittberg, Metzingen (Jurassic of Germany)

Also known as Campylognathoides liasicus holotype site

Where: Baden-Württenburg, Germany (48.5° N, 9.3° E: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 17.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lias Epsilon II/4 Member (Posidonia Shale Formation), Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

• Lias ("Schwarzjura") epsilon II/4 (Unterer Schiefer), below the first 'Stinkstein'

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; black shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: GPIT: Geologische-paläontologisches Institut und Museum der Universität Tübingen

Primary reference: K. Padian. 2008. The Early Jurassic pterosaur Campylognathoides Strand, 1928. Special Papers in Palaeontology 80:65-107 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91665: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 13.10.2009

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pterosauria - Campylognathoididae
Campylognathoides liasicus n. sp. Quendtedt 1858 pterosaur
GPIT 9533 (holotype), disarticulated limb bones