Where: Hessen, Germany (51.6° N, 9.0° E: paleocoordinates 16.9° N, 18.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Oberer Trochitenkalk Member (Muschelkalk Formation), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• The Oberer Tochitenkalk belongs to the upper part of the Muschelkalk Formation of Willebadessen and belongs to the robustus-zone. The Astarte-Bank forms part of the uppermost Oberer Trochitenkalk.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: F. Roemer. 1851. Über einige neue Versteinerungen aus dem Muschelkalk von Willebadessen. Palaeontographica 1:311-315 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38545: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 24.04.2004, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling and Austin Hendy