Gonser quarry, Ohmden (Lias Epsilon III) (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württenburg, Germany (48.7° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 18.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wilder Schiefer Formation, Bifrons (182.0 - 175.6 Ma)

• Commune subzone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Karl Gonser in 1980

• Collected "a few years" before 1984

Primary reference: R. B. Hauff. 1984. Pentacrinites quenstedti (Oppel) aus dem oberen Untertoarcium (Lias Epsilon) von Ohmden bei Holzmaden (SW-Deutschland). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 58:255-263 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 139350: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.02.2013

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Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Pentacrinitidae
Pentacrinites quenstedti Oppel 1856 Sea lily