Deister Hills pterosaur: Berriasian, Germany
collected by Römer
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Ctenochasma roemeri n. gen., n. sp.
Meyer 1851
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Holotype partial mandible, specimen lost | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Niedersachsen | County: | Hannover |
| Coordinates: | 52.3° North, 9.5° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.5° North, 17.4° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Berriasian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Berriasian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 145.00000 - 139.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Purbek Kalk |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "heavy, hard, dark grey quartzite" | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Römer |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Ctenochasma roemeri holotype | ||
| Database number: | 94085 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-02-09 01:07:22 | Last modified: | 2013-06-24 16:28:12 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-02-09 01:07:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31956. | H. v. Meyer. 1851. Ctenochasma Roemeri. Palaeontographica 2:82-84 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] |