Railway cut at Galgenberg (Permian of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.2° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 15.3° N, 21.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zechstein Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Z1 member

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Primary reference: H. W. Holzapfel and E. Malzahn. 1984. Die Fischreste der küstennahen Sedimente des unteren Zechstein 1 Westdeutschlands. Geologica et Palaeontologica 18:81-99 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 130038: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 04.07.2012

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepidae
Reticulolepis exsculpta Kurtze 1839 ray-finned fish
 Palaeonisciformes - Pygopteridae
Chondrichthyes
 Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae
Ctenacanthus sp. Agassiz 1836 elasmobranch
 Petalodontiformes - Janassidae
Janassa bituminosa Schlotheim 1820 chimaera