Where: Bayern, Germany (50.0° N, 11.6° E: paleocoordinates 16.4° N, 19.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Muschelkalk Group, Middle Triassic (247.2 - 237.0 Ma)
• Assumed Middle Triassic given age of other local collections
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. A. Goldfuss. 1863. Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der Petrefacten Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Länder. Divisio Quarta: Molluscorum acephalicorum reliquiae. Muschelthiere der Vorwelt. 1. Bivalvia. Petrefacta Germaniae 4(1):1-273 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 201348: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 05.05.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nucula speciosa Münster 1863 nut clam | |
Lyrodon curvirostre Schlotheim 1836 clam
Lyrodon simplex Schlotheim 1863 clam | |
"Nucula gregaria" = Pseudocorbula gregaria
"Nucula gregaria" = Pseudocorbula gregaria Münster 1838 clam | |
"Myacites mactroides" = Thracia mactroides
"Myacites mactroides" = Thracia mactroides Schlotheim 1837 clam | |
Myacites radiatus Münster 1863 clam
Myacites musculoides Schlotheim 1820 clam | |
"Ostrea difformis" = Terquemia difformis
"Ostrea difformis" = Terquemia difformis Schlotheim 1820 clam |