Also known as Xenusion quartzite

Where: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (54.6° N, 13.1° E: paleocoordinates 77.0° S, 92.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Kalmarsund Sandstone Formation, Tommotian (530.0 - 520.0 Ma)

• from glacial drift boulder

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, burrowed sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts

Collected by Mr. Horst Deichfuss and Mrs. Helga Deichfuss in 1979

Collection methods: surface (float)

• deposited at the Geiseltalmuseum of the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Primary reference: J. Dzik and G. Krumbiegel. 1989. The oldest 'onychophoran' Xenusion: a link connecting phyla?. Lethaia 22:169-181 [A. Lin/A. Lin] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90597: authorized by Alex Lin, entered by Alex Lin on 10.08.2009