Untersturmig - Probe 2 (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.0° N, 11.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 18.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleuroceras spinatum zone, Late/Upper Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, gray claystone

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

Primary reference: U. Dorner. 2002. Palökologie von Benthosgemeinschaften im Pliensbach von Unterstürmig und Buttenheim (Mittelfranken). [F. Fursich/D. Hempfling/D. Hempfling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23624: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 18.07.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Acteoninidae
Ovactaeonina kalchreuthensis Gründel and Nützel 1998 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Iravadiidae
Kalchreuthia frankei Kuhn 1936 snail
 Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Levipleura blainvillei Munster 1844 snail
 Heterostropha - Cylindrobullinidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
"Mesosaccella galatea" = Palaeoneilo galatea
"Mesosaccella galatea" = Palaeoneilo galatea d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon concinnus Phillips 1829 clam
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
= Parallelodon sp. 1
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma (Oxytoma) sp. Meek 1864 scallop
= Oxytoma (Oxytoma) sp. 1
Scaphopoda
  -
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862 tusk shell
= Scaphopode sp. 1
 Dentaliida - Laevidentaliidae
Laevidentalium sp. Cossmann 1888 tusk shell