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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Dorygnathus banthensis Theodori 1831 pterosaur SMNS 59417, crushed bones and bone impressions, as well as traces of soft parts
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