Wolfsberg pit, Bad Hersfeld (Permian of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.8° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 15.1° N, 22.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kupferschiefer Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: G. Schaumberg. 1982. Hopleacanthus richelsdorfensis n g n sp, ein Euselachier aus dem permischen Kupferschiefer von Hessen (W-Deutschland). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 56(3/4):235-257 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90451: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.07.2009

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Euselachii -
Hopleacanthus richelsdorfensis n. gen. n. sp. Schaumberg 1982 elasmobranch