Eschelbronn, Mikrofaunaschichten (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.3° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 14.7° N, 18.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Trochitenkalk Formation, Illyrian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified limestone

• Thick, densely packed limestone in the lower part. Upper part contains "Brokenkalk": thin, nodular limestone beds with individual marl layers in between

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. König. 1920. Zur Kenntnis des untern Trochitenkalkes in nördlichen Kraichgau. Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftiche Klasse. Abteilung A, Mathematisch-Physikalische Wissenschaften 1920(13):1-48 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90045: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 02.07.2009, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Ophiuroidea
 Ophiurida - Aplocomidae
"Ophioderma squamosa" = Arenorbis squamosus
"Ophioderma squamosa" = Arenorbis squamosus Picard 1858 brittle star
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Gervillia socialis" = Hoernesia socialis
"Gervillia socialis" = Hoernesia socialis Schlotheim 1823 oyster
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Myophoria vulgaris von Schlotheim 1820 clam
"Myophoria laevigata" = Neoschizodus laevigatus Ziethen 1830 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda sp." = Nuculana, "Nucula elliptica" = Leda elliptica
"Leda sp." = Nuculana Link 1807 pointed nut clam
"Nucula elliptica" = Leda elliptica Goldfuss 1837 pointed nut clam
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida -
Conchorhynchus robustus König 1920 nautiloid
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Litogastroidae
"Litogaster limicola" = Paralitogaster limicola
"Litogaster limicola" = Paralitogaster limicola König 1920 decapod