Holzmaden, epsilon II-5 (SMNS collection) (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (48.6° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.8° N, 17.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Falciferum (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

• Exaratum subzone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, concretionary shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the SMNS

Primary reference: J. Ansorge. 1999. Heterophlebia buckmani (Brodie 1845) (Odonata: "Anisozygoptera") - das erste Insekt aus dem untertoarcischen Posidonienschiefer von Holzmaden (Württemberg, SW Deutschland). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 275:1-9 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 139759: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.02.2013, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria -
Temnodontosaurus trigonodon3
Temnodontosaurus trigonodon3 Theodori 1843 ichthyosaur
SMNS 13128, complete skull
Actinopteri
 Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae
Saurostomus sp.2, Saurostomus esocinus2, Germanostomus pectopteri1
Saurostomus sp.2 Agassiz 1833
SMNS 56344
Saurostomus esocinus2 Agassiz 1833
SMNS 80256, 85978, 87730, 87761
Germanostomus pectopteri1 Cooper et al. 2022
SMNS 56344 (donated by T. Hermann in 1947)
Insecta
 Odonata - Heterophlebiidae
Heterophlebia buckmani
Heterophlebia buckmani Brodie 1845 dragonfly
SMNS 62736
1Cooper et al. 2022; 2Cooper and Maxwell 2022; 3Maisch and Hungerbühler 2001