Where: Germany (48.9° N, 11.6° E: paleocoordinates 40.2° N, 19.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Öchselberg Member (Painten Formation), Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• The quarry represents strata of the Öchselberg member within the Painten Formation, which correspond to the Kimmeridgian/Tithonian boundary (Schweigert, 2007, 2015).

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. W. M. Rauhut, C. Foth, and H. Tischlinger. 2018. The oldest Archaeopteryx (Theropoda: Avialiae): a new specimen from the Kimmeridgian/Tithonian boundary of Schamhaupten, Bavaria. PeerJ 6:e4191 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 49875: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.04.2005

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