Grimmen clay pit (GG collection, apyrenum subzone) (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (54.1° N, 13.1° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 17.7° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Spinatum (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• Apyrenum subzone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deltaic; unlithified sandstone

• Shallow-marine deltaic depositional environment
• Unlithified fine-grained sand containing thin beds of silt, and subordinate lenticular streaks of clay, as well as laterally limited fine- to coarse-grained, bioclastic-rich sand bodies, which are indicative of local accumulations generated by current activity

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Institute of Geography and Geology (GG), University of Greifswald

Primary reference: S. Stumpf and J. Kriwet. 2019. A new Pliensbachian elasmobranch (Vertebrata, Chondrichthyes) assemblage from Europe, and its contribution to the understanding of late Early Jurassic elasmobranch diversity and distributional patterns. PalZ 93:637-658 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 206457: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.11.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes -
Antiquaobatis grimmenensis n. gen. n. sp.
Antiquaobatis grimmenensis n. gen. n. sp. Stumpf and Kriwet 2019 ray
GG 438/57
 Synechodontiformes - Orthacodontidae
Sphenodus sp.
Sphenodus sp. Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch
GG 438/41
 Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Palidiplospinax occultidens, Palidiplospinax enniskilleni
Palidiplospinax occultidens Duffin and Ward 1993 elasmobranch
GG 438/36-40
Palidiplospinax enniskilleni Duffin and Ward 1993 elasmobranch
GG 438/35
 Synechodontiformes - Paraorthacodontidae
Paraorthacodus sp.
Paraorthacodus sp. Glikman 1957 elasmobranch
GG 438/42-48
 Euselachii -
Orectolobiformes indet.
Orectolobiformes indet. Applegate 1972 carpet shark
GG 438/54
 Hexanchiformes - Crassodontidanidae
Notidanoides sp.
Notidanoides sp. Maisey 1986 elasmobranch
GG 438/56
 Euselachii - Agaleidae
Agaleus dorsetensis
Agaleus dorsetensis Duffin and Ward 1983 elasmobranch
GG 438/34
 Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Lonchidiidae indet.
Lonchidiidae indet. Herman 1977 elasmobranch
GG 438/29
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus hauffianus, Hybodus reticulatus
Hybodus hauffianus Fraas 1895 elasmobranch
GG 438/6-11
Hybodus reticulatus Agassiz 1837 elasmobranch
GG 438/1-5