Nusplingen quarry, unit C (SMNS collection) (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Swabian Alb, Germany (48.1° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 17.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Beckeri ammonoid zone, Nusplingen Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• bed C, 40-50 cm from base

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified lime mudstone

• Within bed C, that contains the finding level of the new dragonfly, several small turbidites and few thin marly layers are intercalated. The thickness of this unit is very inconstant (30-60 cm) over short lateral distances, because it has been capped by submarine erosion during a dramatic event, when the surrounding sponge/microbial bioherms collapsed and slumped into the lagoon deforming pre-lithified laminates. The boundary between units C and B is formed by a marked unconformity (Fig. 6). At its present top, unit C is abruptly followed by the allochthonous unit B in which the original stratification of the laminates is strongly disturbed, showing folding, boudinage, lateral compression, and repetition by stapling.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the SMNS

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: G. Schweigert and G. Dietl. 1997. Ein fossiler Hundertfüßler (Chilopoda, Geophilida) aus dem Nusplinger Plattenkalk (Oberjura, Südwestdeutschland). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 254:1-11 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105835: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 26.02.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Myriapoda
 Geophilomorpha - Geophilidae
Eogeophilus jurassicus n. gen. n. sp.
Eogeophilus jurassicus n. gen. n. sp. Schweigert and Dietl 1997 centipede
SMNS 62785
Insecta
 Odonata - Stenophlebiidae
Stenophlebia rolfhuggeri n. sp.
Stenophlebia rolfhuggeri n. sp. Bechly et al. 2003 dragonfly
SMNS 65217