Where: Germany (48.7° N, 9.6° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 39.5° N, 27.0° E (Wright 2013)
When: Posidonienschiefer Formation, Early/Lower Toarcian (184.2 - 182.9 Ma)
• Uppermost semicelatum Subzone-lowermost exaratum Subzone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected by A. Brune in 1983; reposited in the SMNS
Primary reference: E. E. Maxwell and S. Stumpf. 2017. Revision of Saurorhynchus (Actinopterygii: Saurichthyidae) from the Early Jurassic of England and Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 321:1-29 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 186719: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.07.2017
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Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Saurorhynchus hauffi n. sp.
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