Also known as Reef 53

Where: Germany (49.5° N, 10.2° E: paleocoordinates 16.8° N, 17.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ladinian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: G. H. Bachmann. 1979. Bioherme der Muschel Placunopsis ostracina v. Schlotheim und ihre Diagenese [Placunopsis ostracina bioherms and their diagenesis]. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 158(3):381-407 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67651: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.12.2006