Posidonia Shale, Holzmaden (Winterthur collection) (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (48.6° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 18.8° E)

When: Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Natural Sciences Collection Winterthur

Primary reference: T. Bürgin. 2000. Euthynotus cf. incognitus (Actinopterygii, Pachycormidae) als Mageninhalt eines Fischsauriers aus dem Posidonienschiefer Süddeutchlands (Unterer Jura, Lias epsilon). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 93:491-496 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138749: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 26.01.2013

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae
Euthynotus cf. incognitus Blainville 1818
NWSW No. J30
Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria -
Stenopterygius cf. quadriscissus Quenstedt 1858 ichthyosaur
NWSW No. J30