Ohmden, GPIT specimen, epsilon III (Jurassic of Germany)

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hildoceras bifrons ammonoid zone, Lias Epsilon III Member (Posidonia Shale Formation), Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

• 150-200 mm above the boundary between the epsilon II and epsilon II-12 stratigraphic divisions

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• GPIT: Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie, Universität Tübingen

Primary reference: M. Friedman. 2012. Parallel evolutionary trajectories underlie the origin of giant suspension-feeding whales and bony fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279:944-951 [R. Benson/R. Benson/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132361: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 15.08.2012, edited by Jonathan Tennant

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria -
"Leptopterygius disinteger n. sp." = Leptonectes
"Leptopterygius disinteger n. sp." = Leptonectes ichthyosaur
Precise locality unknown, specimen details not reported
Actinopteri
 Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae
Ohmdenia multidentata n. gen. n. sp.
Ohmdenia multidentata n. gen. n. sp. Hauff 1953
GPIT 1017/1 holotype partial skeleton