Where: Germany (51.2° N, 10.7° E: paleocoordinates 18.4° N, 17.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: nodosus ammonoid zone, Muschelkalk Formation, Ladinian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified marl

Primary reference: K. Picard. 1886. Über Ophiuren aus dem Oberen Muschelkalk bei Schlotheim in Thüringen. Zeitschrift der Deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft 38:876 [L. Villier/L. Villier] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89457: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 22.05.2009