Brook 600 m southeast of Krappenroth (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.1° N, 11.1° E: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 12.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Planorbis (201.3 - 196.5 Ma)

• Directly above the "Sohlbank"

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, micaceous sandstone

• Decalcified micaceous sandstone with carstone developments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by G. Bloos in 1982; reposited in the SMNS

Primary reference: C. J. Duffin. 1983. Holocephalans in the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart 2. A myriacanthid tooth plate from the Hettangian (Lower Lias) of northern Bavaria. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 98:1-7 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 139835: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.02.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Chimaeriformes - Myriacanthidae
Alethodontus bavariensis n. gen. n. sp.
Alethodontus bavariensis n. gen. n. sp. Duffin 1983 chimaera
SMNS 51956