Steinsfurt, Oberer Trochitenkalk (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.2° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 14.6° N, 18.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Trochitenkalk Formation, Illyrian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, blue limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. König. 1920. Zur Kenntnis des untern Trochitenkalkes in nördlichen Kraichgau. Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftiche Klasse. Abteilung A, Mathematisch-Physikalische Wissenschaften 1920(13):1-48 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 226003: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.06.2022

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis sp. Morris and Lycett 1853 scallop
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Litogastroidae
"Litogaster limicola" = Paralitogaster limicola, "Litogaster venusta" = Litogaster obtusa
"Litogaster limicola" = Paralitogaster limicola König 1920 decapod
"Litogaster venusta" = Litogaster obtusa von Meyer 1844 decapod