Dudelange-Zoufftgen Section, Bed 5 (Jurassic of Luxembourg)

Where: Luxembourg (49.5° N, 6.1° E: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 15.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Variabilis (182.0 - 175.6 Ma)

• Illustris et Variabilis subzone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• marly limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2003

Collection methods: sieve,

Primary reference: D. Delsate and R. Weis. 2010. La Couche à Crassum (Toarcien moyen) au Luxembourg: stratigraphie et faunes de la coupe de Dudelange-Zoufftgen. Ferrantia 62:35-62 [M. Aberhan/T. Schossleitner/T. Schossleitner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 141383: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 26.03.2013

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Taxonomic list

Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Gnathostomata
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Actinopterygii indet. ray-finned fish
Actinopteri
 Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae
Leptolepis sp. Agassiz 1832
Chondrichthyes
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
"Heterodontus" duffini Thies 1983 bullhead shark
 Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus sp. Woodward 1888 elasmobranch
 Euselachii - Protospinacidae
Protospinax sp. Woodward 1919 elasmobranch
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Pseudomytiloides sp. Koschelkina 1963 clam
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Megateuthididae
Acrocoelites levidensis Simpson 1855 belemnite
Acrocoelites cf. riegrafi Doyle 1992 belemnite
Dactyloteuthis irregularis von Schlotheim 1813 belemnite
"Acrocoelites wrighti" = Dactyloteuthis wrighti Oppel 1856 belemnite
Dactyloteuthis digitalis Blainville 1827 belemnite
Dactyloteuthis semistriata Muenster 1830 belemnite
 Ammonitida - Dactylioceratidae
Catacoeloceras crassum Young and Bird 1828 ammonite
Catacoeloceras raquinianum d'Orbigny 1845 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Phymatoceratidae
"Haugia variabilis" = Haugia variabilis, "Haugia navis" = Haugia variabilis
"Haugia variabilis" = Haugia variabilis d'Orbigny 1845 ammonite
"Haugia navis" = Haugia variabilis d'Orbigny 1845 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Pseudolioceras compactile Simpson 1855 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae