Zell, K. Gonsor quarry (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württenburg, Germany (48.6° N, 9.6° E: paleocoordinates 37.8° N, 18.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: 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; bioturbated shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, soft parts

Collected by Walter Ludwig in 1965; reposited in the SMNS

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 91691: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 15.10.2009

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pterosauria - Rhamphorhynchidae
Dorygnathus banthensis Theodori 1831 pterosaur
SMNS 59417, crushed bones and bone impressions, as well as traces of soft parts