Boll, near Göppingen, Teyler Museum collection: Early/Lower Toarcian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Mystriosaurus longipes n. sp. Bronn 1841
Westphal 1962 1 specimen
synonym of Macrospondylus bollensis
Teylers Museum, Haarlem 2742, fairly complete skeleton first reported by Bronn 1841
Mystriosaurus tiedmanni n. sp. Bronn 1841
Westphal 1962 1 specimen
synonym of Macrospondylus bollensis
Teylers Museum, Haarlem 2743, almost complete skeleton first reported by Bronn 1841
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Würtemberg County:Kreis Göppingen
Coordinates: 48.6° North, 9.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.8° North, 18.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Toarcian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 3
Key time interval:Early/Lower Toarcian
Age range of interval:184.20000 - 182.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Posidonia Shale
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:132856
Authorizer:R. Benson Enterer:R. Benson
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-08-29 01:51:29 Last modified:2019-04-24 12:35:26
Access level:the public Released:2012-08-29 01:51:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

29299. F. -J. Pictet. 1853. Traité de Paléontologie ou Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Fossiles Considérés dans Leurs Rapports Zoologiques et Géologiques [Treatise of Paleontology or the Natural History of Fossil Animals Considered in their Zoological and Geological Relationships] 1:xiv-584 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

42779 F. Westphal. 1962. Die Krokodilier des Deutschen und Englischen Oberen Lias [The crocodiles of the German and English Upper Lias]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 118(1-3):23-118 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano]