Profil Mistelgau (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Bavaria, Germany (49.9° N, 11.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 39.4° N, 30.7° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Schicht 69-66 Member (Jurensismergel Formation), Toarcian (184.2 - 174.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified shale

• In the German basin (Germanisches Becken), located at the northern margin of the Thetys, clayey-marly sediments have been deposited.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, original calcite, replaced with calcite, replaced with pyrite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: C. Schulbert. 2001. Die Ammonitenfauna und Stratigraphie der Tongrube Mistelgau bei Bayreuth (Oberfranken). Beihefte zu den Berichten der Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft Bayreuth e.V 4:1-183 [F. Fursich/S. Hicks/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51810: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 20.06.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
"Pachylytoceras hircinum" = Pleurolytoceras hircinum, "Pachylytoceras wrighti" = Pleurolytoceras wrighti
"Pachylytoceras hircinum" = Pleurolytoceras hircinum Schlotheim 1820 ammonite
"Pachylytoceras wrighti" = Pleurolytoceras wrighti Buckman 1905 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Hudlestonia serrodens, Dumortieria sp., Dumortieria costulata, Pleydellia costulata, "Cotteswoldia tenuicostata" = Pleydellia, Cotteswoldia distans, Cotteswoldia fluitans, Cotteswoldia aalensis, Cotteswoldia subcompta, Cotteswoldia mactra
Hudlestonia serrodens Quenstedt 1846 ammonite
Dumortieria sp. ammonite
Pleydellia costulata Zieten 1830 ammonite
"Cotteswoldia tenuicostata" = Pleydellia ammonite
=aalensis tenuicostata
Cotteswoldia distans Buckman 1890 ammonite
Cotteswoldia fluitans Dumortier 1874 ammonite
Cotteswoldia aalensis Zieten 1832 ammonite
Cotteswoldia subcompta Branco 1879 ammonite
Cotteswoldia mactra Dumortier 1874 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
"Calliphylloceras supraliasicum" = Phylloceras supraliasicum
"Calliphylloceras supraliasicum" = Phylloceras supraliasicum Pompeckj 1893 ammonite
 Nautilida - Cenoceratidae
"Cenoceras intermedius" = Cenoceras intermedium
"Cenoceras intermedius" = Cenoceras intermedium Sowerby 1816