Eisenach, 1979 temporary exposure (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Thüringen, Germany (51.0° N, 10.3° E: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 13.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: semicostatum ammonoid zone, Semicostatum (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)

• "Acutus-schichten"; early Sinemurian, semicostatum zone, sauzeanum subzone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by W. Ernst in 1979

Collection methods: mechanical

• Repository: University of Greifswald

Primary reference: G. Schweigert and W. Ernst. 2012. First record of a polychelid lobster (Crustacea: Decapoda: Coleiidae) from the Sinemurian (Early Jurassic) of Germany. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 263:35-42 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138320: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.01.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Coleiidae
Coleia martinlutheri n. sp. Schweigert and Ernst 2012 decapod