Ricklinger Moor, Castendamm: Early/Lower Aptian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Ophthalmosauridae
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Ichthyosaurus platydactylus n. sp.
Broili 1907
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| recombined as Platypterygius platydactylus | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Lower Saxony |
| Coordinates: | 55.4° North, 9.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.6° North, 18.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Barremian | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Aptian | Ammonoid zone: | Deshayesites deshayesi |
| Age range of interval: | 121.40000 - 119.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:The original material is not available for study anymore (destroyed during WWII) | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Ichthyosaurus platydactylus type | ||
| Database number: | 143310 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | V. Fischer | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-04-22 22:44:59 | Last modified: | 2015-05-08 08:03:29 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-22 22:44:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46434. | F. Broili. 1907. Ein neuer Ichthyosaurus aus der norddeutschen Kreide. Palaeontographica 54:139-162 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |