Bed oWB-6, Wochenberg hill (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (48.2° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 18.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Achdorf Formation, Opalinum (175.6 - 171.6 Ma)

• Obere Wilflingen-Bank. Viallii horizon, Bifidatum subzone.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, nodular, argillaceous limestone

• Marly limestone, weakly lithified, brown, with small limestone nodules

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 228465: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.12.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Graphoceratidae
Ancolioceras subfalcatum, Leioceras evertens, Leioceras goetzendorfense
Ancolioceras subfalcatum Buckman 1899 ammonite
Leioceras evertens Buckman 1899 ammonite
Leioceras goetzendorfense Dorn 1935 ammonite