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PV R 3948

Classification
Scientific name: Rhacheosaurus gracilis von Meyer, 1831
Author: von Meyer, 1831
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Crocodylia
Family: Metriorhynchidae
Genus: Rhacheosaurus
Species: gracilis
Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Reptilia; Crocodylia; Metriorhynchidae
Location
Locality: Eichstatt [Eichstädt] Eichstätt [Eichstadt]
State province: Bayern
Country: Germany
Continent: Europe
Higher geography: Europe; Germany; Bayern; Eichstätt
Identification
Identified by: Jara Parrilla-Bel
Identification qualifier: skull figured
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Rhacheosaurus gracilis von Meyer, 1831
Rhacheosaurus gracilis von Meyer, 1831
Rhacheosaurus gracilis von Meyer, 1831
Rhacheosaurus gracilis von Meyer, 1831
Rhacheosaurus gracilis von Meyer, 1831
Geosaurus Cuvier, 1824
Rhacheosaurus gracilis von Meyer, 1831
Geosaurus gracilis von Meyer, 1831
Specimen
Catalogue number: PV R 3948
Collection code: PAL ( Palaeontology)
Sub department: ES Reptiles
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:601180
Donor name: Mr B. Sturtz
Catalogue description: Skull and skeleton showing outline of body including lobed tail fin, in large framed slab.
Stratigraphy
Earliest eon/lowest eonothem: Phanerozoic
Latest eon/highest eonothem: Phanerozoic
Earliest era/lowest erathem: Mesozoic
Latest era/highest erathem: Mesozoic
Earliest period/lowest system: Jurassic
Latest period/highest system: Jurassic
Earliest epoch/lowest series: Late Jurassic
Latest epoch/highest series: Late Jurassic
Earliest age/lowest stage: Tithonian
Latest age/highest stage: Tithonian
Chronostratigraphy: Jurassic, Late Jurassic, Tithonian
Lithostratigraphy: (Solnhofen Lithographic Limestone)
Record
Occurrence ID: 508d133b-9d99-4052-a91b-6a9131fe6c86
Modified: 2024-11-26T17:15:05+00:00
Created: 2010-02-18T15:38:09+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2010-02-18T15:38:09+00:00
Last updated 2024-11-26T17:15:05+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb