Pappenheim, Bavaria (BMNH Coll): Tithonian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
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Lepidotus palliatus
Agassiz 1837
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| BMNH P.1110 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | County: | Bavaria |
| Coordinates: | 48.9° North, 11.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.1° North, 19.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 149.20000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Must come from Solnhofen plattenkalk, as that lithology is not found at Pappenheim. Many fossil dealers used to live in Pappenheim, perhaps the source of the error. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 131890 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | P. Vazquez |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-08-01 10:52:38 | Last modified: | 2014-02-08 18:55:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-08-01 10:52:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38893. | A. S. Woodward. 1895. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part III 1-544 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |