Ludwigs Canal, near Berg (Jurassic of Germany)

Also known as Ludwigskanal

Where: Germany (49.3° N, 11.5° E: paleocoordinates 38.9° N, 20.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Toarcian (180.1 - 175.6 Ma)

• Lias Kalk

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1841

Primary reference: F. Westphal. 1962. Die Krokodilier des Deutschen und Englischen Oberen Lias [The crocodiles of the German and English Upper Lias]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 118(1-3):23-118 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132866: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 29.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata -
"Mystriosaurus macrolepidotus n. sp." = Macrospondylus bollensis
"Mystriosaurus macrolepidotus n. sp." = Macrospondylus bollensis Cuvier 1824 marine crocodile
A lower jaw pieces, a rear skull fragment, 7 cervical, 9 vertebrae, cervical and thoracic ribs. Parts of the forelimb. Armor plates, probably everything. From an individual Destroyed with the Munich collection