Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (49.1° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 15.1° N, 18.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Muschelkalk Formation), Middle Triassic (247.2 - 235.0 Ma)
• from the "Trigonodusdolomit", part of the Upper Muschelkalk
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: peritidal; dolomite
Size class: mesofossils
Collected by F. Schütz
Collection methods: quarrying,
• brought to Schütz by a quarry worker
Primary reference: E. Fraas. 1900. Zanclodon schützii n. sp. aus dem Trigonodusdolomit von Hall [Zanclodon schützii n. sp. from the Trigonodus-dolomite of Halle]. Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 56:510-513 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 77928: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 23.01.2008