Brouch (Angulata zone) (Jurassic of Luxembourg)

Where: Luxembourg (49.7° N, 6.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 8.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Luxembourg Sandstone Formation, Angulata (201.3 - 196.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: National Natural History Museum of Luxembourg

Primary reference: S. Monari, M. Valentini, and M. A. Conti. 2011. Earliest Jurassic patellogastropod, vetigastropod, and neritimorph gastropods from Luxembourg with considerations on the Triassic–Jurassic faunal turnover. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56:349-384 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 149761: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.08.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria hennocquii Terquem 1855 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Trochotomidae
Trochotoma clypeus Terquem 1855 snail
 Ptychomphaloidea - Ptychomphalidae
Ptychomphalus caepa Deslongchamps 1848 snail