ammonites
Beienrode, nr Braunschweig (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (52.4° N, 10.7° E: paleocoordinates 41.6° N, 17.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: exaratum ammonoid zone, Posidonienschiefer Formation, Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

• "Soft, fine splitting marl slate"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Wellnhofer and B.-W. Vahldiek. 1986. Ein Flugsaurier-Rest aus dem Posidonienschiefer (Unter-Toarcium) von Schandelah bei Braunschweig. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 60:329-340 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91704: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 16.10.2009