Bed uWB-9, Wochenberg hill (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (48.2° N, 8.8° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 35.3° N, 30.1° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Achdorf Formation, Opalinum (174.7 - 170.9 Ma)

• Untere Wilflingen-Bank (formerly Comptum-Bank). Crassicostatum horizon, Bifidatum subzone.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, argillaceous, sandy marl

• Arenaceous clayey marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the SMNS

Primary reference: V. Dietze, A. Hofbauer, H. Rieber, N. Wannenmacher, and G. Schweigert. 2022. Ammonites and stratigraphy of the Achdorf Formation (Braunjura Group; Aalenian) at the Wochenberg hill near Schömberg-Schörzingen (W Swabian Alb, SW Germany). Zitteliana 96:69-101 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 228460: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.12.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Graphoceratidae
Leioceras goetzendorfense
Leioceras goetzendorfense Dorn 1935 ammonite