Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (49.3° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 15.5° N, 17.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Meissner Formation (Muschelkalk Group), Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)
• "Grenzbonebed" in uppermost Muschelkalk (= Meissner Formation), below Lettenkeuper
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Dolde; reposited in the SMNS
Primary reference: O. Linck. 1962. Neuer Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Ceratodontiden der germanischen Trias (mit Ceratodus planasper n. sp. aus dem Oberen Muschelkalk, Ceratodus bovisrivi n. sp. und anderen Arten aus dem Mittleren Keuper). Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 117:195-209 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138866: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 30.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Ceratodus planasper n. sp.
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