ammonites
Plötz bei Halle (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (51.6° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.6° N, 19.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wettiner Schichten Formation, Stephanian C (303.4 - 301.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments and coal

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Museum of Halle

Primary reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125736: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 19.03.2012

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