Where: Germany (50.7° N, 11.5° E: paleocoordinates 15.3° N, 23.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Zechstein Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• The reef sediments of the Pößneck/Ranis area belong to the first carbonate cycle of the Zechstein (Werra Cycle =Ca 1). After K¨ading et al. (2002), these cycles can be chronostratigraphically correlated with the first stage of the Lopingian (Wuchiapingian) (cf. Henderson, 2005).

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified grainstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: chemical, sieve,

Primary reference: M. Reich. 2007. Linguaserra spandeli sp nov (Echinodermata: Ophiocistioidea) from the Late Permian (Zechstein) of Thuringia, Germany. Annales de Paléontologie 93:317-330 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94445: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 21.02.2010

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