Richelsdorf (Althaus coll): Wuchiapingian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanthidae
Coelacanthus hassiae n. sp. Münster 1842
Münster 1842
synonym of Coelacanthus granulatus
Palaeoniscimorpha - Mesolepidae
Globulodus elegans n. gen., n. sp. Münster 1842
Münster 1842
Palaeonisciformes - Dorypteridae
Platysomus althausii n. sp. Münster 1842
Münster 1842
synonym of Dorypterus hoffmanni
Palaeonisciformes - Pygopteridae
Pygopterus humboldii (Agassiz 1833)
Münster 1842
original and current combination Pygopterus humboldti
Palaeonisciformes - Platysomidae
Platysomus intermedius Münster 1842
Münster 1842
NHMUK P.1601
Platysomus fuldai n. sp. Münster 1842
Münster 1842
synonym of Platysomus macrurus
Collected by Fulda
Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepidae
Acrolepis exsculptus (Kurtze 1839)
Münster 1842
recombined as Reticulolepis exsculpta
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Janassidae
Byzenos latipinnatus n. gen., n. sp. Münster 1843
Münster 1843
synonym of Janassa bituminosa
Dictea striata n. gen., n. sp. Münster 1840
synonym of Janassa bituminosa
Janassa dictea n. sp. Münster 1842
Münster 1842
synonym of Janassa bituminosa
Janassa angulata Münster 1839
synonym of Janassa bituminosa
Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes
Wodnika striatula n. gen., n. sp. Münster 1843
Münster 1843
Radamas macrocephalus n. gen., n. sp. Münster 1843
Münster 1843
synonym of Wodnika striatula
Acrodus althausii n. sp. Münster 1840
recombined as Wodnika althausi
Strophodus angustus n. sp. Münster 1843
Münster 1843
synonym of Wodnika althausi
Strophodus arcuatus n. sp. Münster 1840
synonym of Wodnika althausi
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 51.0° North, 10.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.3° North, 22.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Lopingian
Stage:Wuchiapingian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 4
Key time interval:Wuchiapingian
Age range of interval:259.51000 - 254.14000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kupferschiefer
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified carbonaceous "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BSP
Collection method comments: Münster's material possibly at BSP (all specimens assumed to come from Althaus collection)
Metadata
Database number:149471
Authorizer:M. Clapham, J. Flannery-Sutherland Enterer:M. Clapham, J. Flannery-Sutherland
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-08-05 12:34:23 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2013-08-05 12:34:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
47882. G. Münster. 1840. Ueber einige Placoiden im Kupferschiefer zu Richelsdorf. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 3:122-126 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

47884 G. Münster. 1842. Beschreibung einiger merkwürdigen Fische aus den Kupferschiefern von Richelsdorf und Eisleben. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 5:35-54 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47888 G. Münster. 1843. Nachtrag zu der Beschreibung einiger merkwürdigen Fische aus den Kupferschiefern. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 6:47-52 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]