Ludwigskanal cutting, bed 7 (middle-upper part) (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.4° N, 11.4° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 40.5° N, 28.2° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Posidonienschiefer Formation, Falciferum (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

• "Laibstein I" (Exaratum subzone), middle and upper part

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray marl

• Dark grey, laminated calcareous marl with coarse shell debris and one 15-cm-sized limestone concretion composed of laminated bituminous pellet packstone, with intercalated layers of coarse shell debris and fish scales.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Museum and Collection of the Geoscience Centre, University of Göttingen (GZG)

Primary reference: G. Arp, S. Gropengießer, C. Schulbert, D. Jung, and A. Reimer. 2021. Biostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy of the Toarcian Ludwigskanal section (Franconian Alb, Southern Germany). Zitteliana 95:57-94 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 228508: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.12.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Pseudomytiloides dubius" = Parainoceramya dubia
"Pseudomytiloides dubius" = Parainoceramya dubia Sowerby 1826 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella sp.
Nicaniella sp. Chavan 1945 clam
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Tiltoniceras antiquum, "Cleviceras exaratum" = Eleganticeras exaratum, Hildaites murleyi
Tiltoniceras antiquum Wright 1882 ammonite
"Cleviceras exaratum" = Eleganticeras exaratum Young and Bird 1828 ammonite
Hildaites murleyi Buckman 1841 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceras ceratophagum
Gastropoda
 Caenogastropoda - Coelodiscidae
Coelodiscus minutus
Coelodiscus minutus Schubler 1833 snail