Lower Ammonite bank, Ludwag, old quarry (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Bavaria, Germany (50.0° N, 11.1° E: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 19.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: polygyratus ammonoid zone, Dietfurt Formation, Early/Lower Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• 2 m above Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian boundary

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, original calcite

Primary reference: T. Hornung. 2002. Kondensierte Ammonitenbänke im Beckenbereich des basalen Kimmeridge der Nördlichen Frankenalb (Alter Steinbruch Ludwag, Ofr.). Geologische Blätter von Nordost-Bayern 52:195-242 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 212931: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 23.08.2020, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
 Belemnitida - Mesohibolitidae
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Taramelliceras rigidum Wegele 1929 ammonite
Taramelliceras subnereus Wegele 1929 ammonite
Taramelliceras compsum Oppel 1863 ammonite
Taramelliceras litocerum Oppel 1863 ammonite
"Glochiceras nimbatum" = Glochiceras (Glochiceras) nimbatum Oppel 1863 ammonite
Glochiceras lingulatum Quenstedt 1858 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Rasenia gothica Schneid 1961 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae
 Ammonitida - Aulacostephanidae
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
"Physodoceras cf. circumspinosum" = Aspidoceras (Physodoceras) circumspinosum Quenstedt 1857 ammonite
Physodoceras cf. altenense d'Orbigny 1850 ammonite
Sutneria platynota Reinecke 1818 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Conotomaria sp. Cox 1959 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Eopecten velatus Goldfuss 1833 scallop