Tonplatten Facies, Hessen Province (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Hessen, Germany (50.8° N, 8.5° E: paleocoordinates 15.9° N, 18.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Busse. 1974. Der Obere Muschelkalk im nordwestlichen Niederhessen. Notizbl. hess. L.-Amt. Bodenforsch. 102:91-135 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 44358: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.09.2004

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Gyrolepis sp. Agassiz 1833
Reptilia
 Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Nothosaurus sp. Münster 1834 diapsid
Crinoidea
 Encrinida - Encrinidae
Encrinus liliiformis Lamarck 1801 Sea lily
Asteroidea
  -
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Ceratites praecursor Riedel 1918 ceratite
Ceratites cf. armatus Philippi 1901 ceratite
"Ceratites philippii" = Progonoceratites philippii Riedel 1918 ceratite
s. str.
"Ceratites cf. pulcher" = Progonoceratites pulcher Riedel 1916 ceratite
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula goldfussi" = Nucula goldfussii
"Nucula goldfussi" = Nucula goldfussii Alberti 1863 nut 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
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima striata" = Plagiostoma striatum
"Lima striata" = Plagiostoma striatum Schlotheim 1820 file clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis ostracina Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium discites Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Pectinida - Terquemiidae
Philippiella noetlingi Frech 1912 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pleuronectites laevigatus Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Hoernesia socialis, "Gervilleia costata" = Bakevellia costata
Hoernesia socialis Schlotheim 1823 oyster
"Gervilleia costata" = Bakevellia costata Schlotheim 1820 oyster
 Myalinida - Mysidiellidae
"Mytilus eduliformis praecursor" = Promysidiella eduliformis praecursor
"Mytilus eduliformis praecursor" = Promysidiella eduliformis praecursor Renz 1904 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
 Carditida - Myophoricardiidae
Myophoriopis gregaria clam
[entered as Myophoriopsis gregaria]
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Myophoria vulgaris von Schlotheim 1820 clam
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
? Ampullina sp. Férussac 1822 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
? Omphaloptychia sp. von Ammon 1893 snail
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Antalis laevis tusk shell
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Coenothyris vulgaris Schlotheim 1820