Where: Baden-Württenburg, Germany (48.6° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.8° N, 17.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: falcifer ammonoid zone, Lias Epsilon II/4 Member (Posidonia Shale Formation), Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)
• Lias ("Schwarzjura") epsilon II/4 (Unterer Schiefer)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; black shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts
Collected in 1935; reposited in the BSP
• Prepared by B. Hauff Sr.
Primary reference: K. Padian. 2008. The Early Jurassic pterosaur Dorygnathus banthensis (Theodori, 1830). Special Papers in Palaeontology 80:1-64 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91559: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 02.10.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Dorygnathus banthensis Theodori 1831 pterosaur BSP 1938 I 49, partial skull and lower jaws; two cervicals, 23 caudals; virtually complete pectoral and pelvic girdles and fore and hind limbs, lacking only the left humerus. Traces of skin and its "hairy" covering.
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