Also known as Acamptonectes densus paratype
Where: Lower Saxony, Germany (52.2° N, 10.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 18.9° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Hauterivian (136.4 - 130.0 Ma)
• The following reference provides detailed stratigraphic information about the specimen:
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•Seibertz E, Kruger FJ (2008) Biostratigraphie und Pala¨obiogeographie des
•Hauterivium von Cremlingen bei Braunschweig bestimmt mit Cephalopoden
•(Unterkreide, Ostniedersachsen). Braunschweiger Naturkundliche Schriften 8:
•273–287.
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Hans-Dieter Macht and the SNHM in Braunschweig in 2005
Collection methods: quarrying
Primary reference: V. Fischer, M. W. Maisch, D. Naish, R. Kosma, J. Liston, U. Joger, F. J. Krüger, J. Pardo Pérez, J. Tainsh and R. M. Appleby. 2012. New ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs from the European Lower Cretaceous demonstrate extensive ichthyosaur survival across the Jurassic–Cretaceous boundary. PLoS One 7(1):e29234 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122653: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 04.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Acamptonectes densus Fischer et al. 2012 ichthyosaur SNHM1284-R - paratype (partial subadult skeleton, including fragmentary skull roof, complete mandible, partial axial skeleton and partial scapular girdle)
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