ammonites
Schnaitheim (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.7° N, 10.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 18.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hybonoticeras beckeri ammonoid zone, Mergelstätten Formation, Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• Mergelstätten Formation. Hybonoticeras beckeri Sub-Mediterranean ammonite Zone, upper Kimmeridgian, Upper Jurassic.

•'Korallenkalk'

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; ooidal carbonate

• "oolite"

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: F. A. Quenstedt. 1867. Handbuch der Petrefactenkunde [Handbook of Fossils]. H. Laupp'schen Buchhandlung, Tübingen 1-1239 [G. Webster/G. Webster/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89120: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 05.05.2009, edited by Roger Benson