Ludwigskanal cutting, bed 8 (Jurassic of Germany)

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

• Dark grey, laminated bituminous limestone concretions (pellet packstone) up to 50 cm width

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
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya sp. Meek 1873 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Meleagrinella cf. substriata Munster 1831 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes subulatus Goldfuss 1834 scallop
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Pseudomytiloides dubius" = Parainoceramya dubia
"Pseudomytiloides dubius" = Parainoceramya dubia Sowerby 1826 clam
Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras heterophyllum Sowerby 1820 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Dactylioceratidae
"Peronoceras" desplacei d'Orbigny 1845 ammonite
Dactylioceras semiannulatum Howarth 1978 ammonite
Nodicoeloceras crassoides Simpson 1855 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
"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
 Caenogastropoda - Coelodiscidae
Coelodiscus minutus Schubler 1833 snail