Aalen-Wasseralfingen, Braunenberg (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (48.9° N, 10.1° E: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 18.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sutneria platynota ammonoid zone, Lochen Formation, Early/Lower Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• Lochen Formation ('Weißjura gamma', platynota Zone, early Kimmeridgian),

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the SMNS

Primary reference: B. W. M. van Bakel, R. H. B. Fraaije, J. W. M. Jagt and P. Artal. 2008. An unexpected diversity of Late Jurassic hermit crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) in Central Europe. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 250(2):137-156 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 228049: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.11.2022, edited by Rosa Valdez

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Gastrodoridae
"Gastrodorus neuhausensis" = Gastrodorus neuhausense
"Gastrodorus neuhausensis" = Gastrodorus neuhausense von Meyer 1864 crab
 Decapoda - Goniodromitidae
Eodromites aequilatus von Meyer 1840 crab
 Decapoda - Tanidromitidae
Tanidromites insignis Von Meyer 1860 crab