Where: Germany (47.5° N, 10.9° E: paleocoordinates 31.5° N, 15.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Kössen Formation, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)
• Assigned to Eopsiloceras level of the upper Sevatian (Norian) - now the Rhaetian
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, carbonaceous marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: GPIT (Geol.-Paläont. Institut der Universität, Tübingen)
Primary reference: J. Reitner. 1978. Ein Teuthiden-Rest aus dem Obernor (Kössener-Schichten) der Lahnewies-Neidernachmulde bei Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Bayern). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 52:205-212 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 139355: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Loligosepia neidernachensis n. sp.
Loligosepia neidernachensis n. sp. Reitner 1978 | |
Choristoceras rhaeticum Gümbel 1861 ceratite
Choristoceras ammonitiforme Guembel 1861 ceratite |