Spechtsbrink im Hils: Hauterivian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Ichthyosaurus polyptychodon n. sp. Koken 1883
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Ichthyosauria
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 51.9° North, 9.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.6° North, 18.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Hauterivian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 2
Key time interval:Hauterivian
Age range of interval:132.60000 - 125.77000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Koken 1883: Speeton Clay
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Ichthyosaurus polyptychodon locality
Database number:176253
Authorizer:V. Fischer Enterer:V. Fischer
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-02-04 06:49:20 Last modified:2016-02-04 06:49:20
Access level:the public Released:2016-02-04 06:49:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

31955. E. Koken. 1883. Die Reptilien der norddeutschen unteren Kreide. Zeitschrift der Deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft 35:735-827 [R. Butler/R. Butler]