Where: Germany (49.4° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 19.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Posidonienschiefer Formation, Falciferum (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)
• "Laibstein II" (Elegans subzone)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, concretionary, gray, carbonaceous packstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: Museum and Collection of the Geoscience Centre, University of Göttingen (GZG)
Primary reference: G. Arp, S. Gropengießer, C. Schulbert, D. Jung, and A. Reimer. 2021. Biostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy of the Toarcian Ludwigskanal section (Franconian Alb, Southern Germany). Zitteliana 95:57-94 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 228509: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.12.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Pleuromya sp. Meek 1873 clam | |
Goniomya rhombifera clam | |
Meleagrinella cf. substriata Munster 1831 scallop | |
Camptonectes subulatus Goldfuss 1834 scallop | |
"Pseudomytiloides dubius" = Parainoceramya dubia
"Pseudomytiloides dubius" = Parainoceramya dubia Sowerby 1826 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Phylloceras heterophyllum Sowerby 1820 ammonite | |
"Peronoceras" desplacei, Dactylioceras anguinum, Dactylioceras semiannulatum, Nodicoeloceras crassoides
"Peronoceras" desplacei d'Orbigny 1845 ammonite
Dactylioceras anguinum ammonite
Dactylioceras semiannulatum Howarth 1978 ammonite
Nodicoeloceras crassoides Simpson 1855 ammonite | |
"Cleviceras elegans" = Eleganticeras elegans, "Cleviceras cf. exaratum" = Eleganticeras exaratum, Harpoceras serpentinum
"Cleviceras elegans" = Eleganticeras elegans Sowerby 1815 ammonite
"Cleviceras cf. exaratum" = Eleganticeras exaratum Young and Bird 1828 ammonite
Harpoceras serpentinum Schlotheim 1813 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Coelodiscus minutus Schubler 1833 snail |