Moorberg claypit at Sarstedt (Upper Toarcian) (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (52.2° N, 9.9° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 41.3° N, 28.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Toarcian (180.4 - 174.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: Repository: Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie der Universität Hannover (IGPH)

Primary reference: D. Thies. 1989. Some problematical sharks teeth (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii) from the Early and Middle Jurassic of Germany. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 63:103-117 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 139230: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.02.2013

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Euselachii - Protospinacidae
? Protospinax sp. Woodward 1919 elasmobranch
IGPH 88-II-1