Also known as Nienstedt, Maier's Quarry

Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (52.3° N, 9.2° E: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 17.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cypridea alta formosa other zone, Obernkirchen Member (Bückeberg Formation), Late/Upper Berriasian (145.0 - 140.2 Ma)

• lower or middle part of Obernkirchen Sandstone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, trace

Collected by H. Grabbe in 1881

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: H. Grabbe. 1881. Neue Funde von Saurier-Fährten im Wealdensandsteine des Bückeberges [New finds of dinosaur footprints in the Wealden sandstone of Bückeberg]. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereines der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westphalens, Vierte Folge 38:161-164 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 172889: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 27.08.2015

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