Kalkwerke Otterbein, Großenlüder (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.6° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 16.0° N, 18.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Trochitenkalk Formation, Illyrian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Upper Muschelkalk, Lissocardia-Horizon, Tetractinella-Bank -25 cm, Trochitenkalk Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Naturkundemuseum Erfurt

Primary reference: S. Brandt and M. Schulz. 2013. Zwei neue natante Dekapoden aus dem Oberen Muschelkalk (Mittel-Trias, Ladin) des Germanischen Beckens - Antrimpos germanicus n. sp. und Parapalaemonetes thuringiacus n. gen. n. sp. Vernate 32:67-95 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 225951: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Holly Grimmett on 09.06.2022, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Penaeidae
Antrimpos germanicus n. sp. Brandt and Schulz 2013 decapod