Greßweiler (Triassic of France)

Also known as Gresswiller

Where: Bas-Rhin, France (48.5° N, 7.4° E: paleocoordinates 13.6° N, 18.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Grès à Voltzia Formation, Aegean (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta plain; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by P.C. Bill

• Repository: Geologischen Landesanstalt von Elsaß-Lothringen (collection of Stratigraphy Regional Service of the Geological Map of Alsace and Lorraine, Faculty of Sciences, Strasbourg)

Primary reference: P. C. Bill. 1914. Über Crustaceen aus dem Voltziensandstein des Elsasses. Mitteilungen der Geologischen Landesanstalt von Elsaß-Lothringen 8:289-338 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 206545: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 19.11.2019, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Syncarida -
Triasocaris peachi n. sp. Bill 1914
 Decapoda - Clytiopsidae
"Clytiopsis argentoratense" = Clytiopsis argentoratense, "Clytiopsis elegans" = Clytiopsis argentoratense
"Clytiopsis argentoratense" = Clytiopsis argentoratense Bill 1914 decapod
"Clytiopsis elegans" = Clytiopsis argentoratense Bill 1914 decapod
 Decapoda - Aegeridae
"Penaeus atavus" = Anisaeger atavus
"Penaeus atavus" = Anisaeger atavus Bill 1914 decapod
 Eumalacostraca -
Diaphanosoma rare n. sp. Bill 1914
 Lophogastrida - Eucopiidae
Schimperella sp. Bill 1914
Multicrustacea
 Cyclida - Halicynidae
Halicyne ornata Trümpy 1957
Xiphosura
 Xiphosurida - Limulidae
"Limulites bronni" = Limulitella bronnii
"Limulites bronni" = Limulitella bronnii Schimper 1853 horseshoe crab