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    The Posidonia Shale (German: Posidonienschiefer, also called Schistes Bitumineux in Luxembourg) geologically known as the Sachrang Formation, is an Early...
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    Formation or "Posidonienschiefer" Formation (Whose Vulgar name is "Posidonia Shale") is a geological formation of southwestern Germany, northern Switzerland...
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    Metopacanthus (category Posidonia Shale)
    Early Jurassic epoch in Europe. It is known from the Toarcian of the Posidonia Shale of Germany. It has an unusual jaw-like structure over the skull. It...
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    (Sinemurian) †Family Myriacanthidae Woodward 1889 †Acanthorhina Fraas 1910 Posidonia Shale Formation, Germany, Early Jurassic (Toarcian) †Agkistracanthus Duffin...
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    Ohmdenosaurus (category Posidonia Shale)
    specimen – a tibia (shinbone) and ankle – was discovered in rocks of the Posidonia Shale near the village of Ohmden. The specimen, which was originally identified...
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    northern Kentucky Seirocrinus subangularis from the Early Jurassic Posidonia Shale at Holzmaden, Germany Crinoid columnals (Isocrinus nicoleti) from the...
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    †Parabittacus (2) Handlirsch 1939 Posidonia Shale, "Green Series", Germany, Toarcian †Pleobittacus (1) Bode 1953 Posidonia Shale, Germany, Toarcian †Plesiobittacus...
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    Carboniferous Mazon Creek, the Triassic Madygen Formation, the Jurassic Posidonia Shale and Solnhofen Limestone, the Cretaceous Yixian, Santana, & Agua Nueva...
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    "An Articulated Dragonfly (Insecta, Odonata) From The Upper Liassic Posidonia Shale Of Northern Switzerland". Palaeontology. 43 (5): 967–977. Bibcode:2000Palgy...
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    fin. This hypothesis was confirmed by new finds from Germany. In the Posidonia Shale at Holzmaden, dating from the early Jurassic, already in the early...
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    Jurassic. It is only known from multiple specimens, all discovered in the Posidonia Shale of southwestern Germany. The only species of Hydrorion is H. brachypterygius...
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    Microcleidus (category Posidonia Shale)
    of the genus have been found in France, the Posidonia Shale in Germany and Luxembourg, and the Alum Shale Formation of England. The type species, M. homalospondylus...
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    Palaeopleurosaurus, which is known from the Early Jurassic (Toarcian) Posidonia Shale of Germany, as well as Pleurosaurus from the Late Jurassic of Germany...
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  • sometimes called "Posidonia" or "Poseidonia" Poseidonia or Posidonia, a village on the island of Syros (Greece) Posidonia Shale, a geological formation...
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    Diplobelida. Two species are described, C. conocauda is known from Posidonia Shale, and C. montefiorei is known from Charmouth Mudstone Formation. Clarkeiteuthis...
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  • Campterophlebia (category Posidonia Shale)
    Campterophlebiidae. The species C. elegans is from the Jurassic (Lower Toarcian) Posidonia Shale of Germany. It is the largest Early Jurassic flying insect, with a...
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    Charmouth Mudstone Formation, United Kingdom, Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) Posidonia Shale, Early Jurassic (Toarcian) Family †Baissopteridae Martynova, 1961 -...
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  • It currently contains a single species, A. jaekeli known from the Posidonia shale of Holzmaden, Germany. "Fossilworks: Acanthorhina". fossilworks.org...
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  • 1953 Posidonia Shale, Germany, Toarcian †Conofulgoridium Bode 1953 Posidonia Shale, Germany, Toarcian †Elasmoscelidium Martynov 1926 Posidonia Shale, Germany...
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    a crustacean, a belemnite and a vertebrate from the Early Jurassic Posidonia Shale". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 140 (1): 10. Bibcode:2021SwJP..140...
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    Stenopterygius (category Posidonia Shale)
    Harpoceras falcifer zone, of the famous Posidonien-Schiefer lagerstätte (Posidonia Shale) of Holzmaden, dating to the early Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic...
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    Soft tissue remains of plesiosaurs are rare, but sometimes, especially in shale deposits, they have been partly preserved, e.g. showing the outlines of...
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    Substrates: A Medium for the Exceptional Preservation of Ichthyosaurs of the Posidonia Shale (Lower Jurassic) of Germany. Kaupia - Darmstädter Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte...
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    fossils have been found in the Posidonia Shale near Holzmaden, Germany. The Posidonia Shale is composed of black bituminous shales with intercalated bituminous...
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    the Early Jurassic (Toarcian) of Europe. Fossils are known from the Posidonia Shale of Germany, the Whitby Mudstone of the United Kingdom, and the "schistes...
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    Substrates: A Medium for the Exceptional Preservation of Ichthyosaurs of the Posidonia Shale (Lower Jurassic) of Germany". Kaupia – Darmstädter Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte...
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    Fossil specimens have been found in the Whitby Mudstone of England and Posidonia Shale of Germany. The only known species, M. laurillardi, exceeded 4 metres...
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    1953 Posidonia Shale, Germany, Toarcian †Procercopis alutacea Handlirsch 1906 Green Series, Germany, Toarcian †Procercopis completa Bode 1953 Posidonia Shale...
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  • disinteger and Ichthyosaurus integer, both found in the Toarcian-age Posidonia Shale of Holzmaden. The generic name means "Swabian Leviathan". The type...
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    Kazakhstan, Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) Mesopanorpa formosa Bode 1953 Posidonia Shale, Germany, Toarcian Mesopanorpa gambra Lin 1980 Laocun Formation, China...
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