Delligsen pterosaur (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (52.0° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 17.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Elligserbrink Shale Formation, Neocomian (145.0 - 130.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Koken. 1883. Die Reptilien der norddeutschen unteren Kreide. Zeitschrift der Deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft 35:735-827 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94083: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 09.02.2010

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pterosauria -
Ornithocheirus hilsensis n. sp. Koken 1883 pterosaur
Distal wing metacarpal