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 52 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 51819: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 21.06.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Cenoceratidae
"Cenoceras intermedius" = Cenoceras intermedium
"Cenoceras intermedius" = Cenoceras intermedium Sowerby 1816
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Dumortieria sp., Hudlestonia serrodens, Hudlestonia affinis, Phlyseogrammoceras cf. dispansiforme, Pleydellia costulata, Pleydellia leura, "Cotteswoldia tenuicostata" = Pleydellia, Cotteswoldia subcompta, Cotteswoldia distans, Cotteswoldia fluitans, Cotteswoldia mactra, Cotteswoldia aalensis
Hudlestonia serrodens Quenstedt 1846 ammonite
Hudlestonia affinis von Seebach 1864 ammonite
Phlyseogrammoceras cf. dispansiforme Wunstorf 1904 ammonite
Pleydellia costulata Zieten 1830 ammonite
Pleydellia leura Buckman 1890 ammonite
"Cotteswoldia tenuicostata" = Pleydellia ammonite
=aalensis tenuicostata
Cotteswoldia subcompta Branco 1879 ammonite
Cotteswoldia distans Buckman 1890 ammonite
Cotteswoldia fluitans Dumortier 1874 ammonite
Cotteswoldia mactra Dumortier 1874 ammonite
Cotteswoldia aalensis Zieten 1832 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
"Pachylytoceras hircinum" = Pleurolytoceras hircinum
"Pachylytoceras hircinum" = Pleurolytoceras hircinum Schlotheim 1820 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
"Calliphylloceras supraliasicum" = Phylloceras supraliasicum
"Calliphylloceras supraliasicum" = Phylloceras supraliasicum Pompeckj 1893 ammonite