PBDB Collection

Nusplingen quarry (Jurassic of Germany)

Also known as Plant data in collection 24524

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.1° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 17.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hybonoticeras beckeri ammonoid zone, Nusplingen Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• Formerly assinged to Tithonian. Upper Kimmeridgian age assigned by Schweigert (1998). Beckeri Zone, Ulmense Subzone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified lime mudstone

• Bedded and platy limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with calcite

Collection methods: Data combined for a 10 m section

Primary reference: O. Dietl and G. Schweigert. 2000. Brachiopoden aus dem Nusplinger Plattenkalk (Oberjura, SW Deutschland). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 290:1-23 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41817: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 21.07.2004, edited by Uta Merkel, John Alroy, Richard Butler, Roger Benson, Jonathan Tennant, Grace Varnham and Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
Calycina - Diplopodiidae	Diplopodia subangularis³ Diplopodia subangularis³ sea urchin
Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae	Stomechinus perlatus³ Stomechinus perlatus³ sea urchin
Cidaroida - Polycidaridae	Paracidaris cf. florigemma³, "Nenoticidaris histricoides" = Paracidaris (Anisocidaris)³, Polycidaris nusplingensis n. sp.³ Paracidaris cf. florigemma³ Phillips 1829 pencil urchin "Nenoticidaris histricoides" = Paracidaris (Anisocidaris)³ pencil urchin Polycidaris nusplingensis n. sp.³ pencil urchin
Cidaroida -	Plegiocidaris crucifera³ Plegiocidaris crucifera³ Agassiz 1840 pencil urchin
Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae	Rhabdocidaris boehmi³ Rhabdocidaris boehmi³ pencil urchin
Chondrichthyes
Synechodontiformes - Paraorthacodontidae	Paraorthacodus jurensis⁶ Paraorthacodus jurensis⁶ Schweizer 1964 elasmobranch new skeleton from "Nusplingen"
Reptilia
Pterosauria -	Pterosauria indet.⁵, "Pterodactylus suevicus n. sp." = Cycnorhamphus suevicus⁸, "Pterodactylus longicollum n. sp." = Ardeadactylus longicollum⁸ Pterosauria indet.⁵ Kaup 1834 pterosaur SMNS 59789, 80366 "Pterodactylus suevicus n. sp." = Cycnorhamphus suevicus⁸ Quenstadt 1855 pterosaur Tübingen specimen (holotype), nearly complete skeleton "Pterodactylus longicollum n. sp." = Ardeadactylus longicollum⁸ Meyer 1854 pterosaur SMNS 5802 (neotype specimen)
Pterosauria - Rhamphorhynchidae	Rhamphorhynchus sp.⁹, "Rhamphorhynchus cf. muensteri" = Rhamphorhynchus muensteri⁹, "Rhamphorhynchus longiceps" = Rhamphorhynchus muensteri⁵ Rhamphorhynchus sp.⁹ Meyer 1847 pterosaur SMNS 3696, 12680, "Rhamphorhynchus cf. muensteri" = Rhamphorhynchus muensteri⁹ Goldfuss 1831 pterosaur SMNS specimen "Rhamphorhynchus longiceps" = Rhamphorhynchus muensteri⁵ Goldfuss 1831 pterosaur Tübingen specimen
Loricata - Metriorhynchidae	Geosaurinae indet.⁴, Dakosaurus sp.⁵, Dakosaurus maximus¹⁰, ? Geosaurus sp.⁵, "Geosaurus suevicus" = Cricosaurus suevicus⁵, "Cricosaurus suevicus" = Cricosaurus suevicus¹ Geosaurinae indet.⁴ Lydekker 1889 marine crocodile Dakosaurus sp.⁵ Quenstedt 1856 marine crocodile Tübingen specimen Dakosaurus maximus¹⁰ Plieninger 1846 marine crocodile SMNS 81793: isolated tooth ? Geosaurus sp.⁵ Cuvier 1824 marine crocodile SMNS 80480, SMNS 81834 "Geosaurus suevicus" = Cricosaurus suevicus⁵ Fraas 1901 marine crocodile Tübingen, three specimens. SMNS 9808 "Cricosaurus suevicus" = Cricosaurus suevicus¹ Fraas 1901 marine crocodile SMNS 3808, SMNS 90513
Testudines - Thalassemydidae	Thalassemydidae indet.⁵ Thalassemydidae indet.⁵ Zittel 1889 turtle Tübingen 14620
Cephalopoda
Octopoda - Patelloctopodidae	Patelloctopus ilgi n. gen. n. sp.² Patelloctopus ilgi n. gen. n. sp.² Fuchs and Schweigert 2018 octopus
Bivalvia
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	Nuculana (Rollieria) sp.⁷ Nuculana (Rollieria) sp.⁷ Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Nuculida - Nuculidae	Nuculidae indet.⁷ Nuculidae indet.⁷ Gray 1824 nut clam
Lucinida - Lucinidae	"Lucina" zeta⁷ "Lucina" zeta⁷ clam > 20
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Eopecten velatus⁷, Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus⁷, Chlamys textoria⁷, Spondylopecten palinurus⁷, Radulopecten sigmaringensis⁷ Eopecten velatus⁷ Goldfuss 1833 scallop Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus⁷ Schlotheim 1813 scallop Chlamys textoria⁷ Schlotheim 1820 scallop Spondylopecten palinurus⁷ d'Orbigny 1850 scallop Radulopecten sigmaringensis⁷ scallop
Pectinida - Limidae	Ctenostreon pectiniforme⁷, Plagiostoma pratzi⁷, Pseudolimea duplicata⁷ Ctenostreon pectiniforme⁷ file clam Plagiostoma pratzi⁷ Boehm 1881 file clam Pseudolimea duplicata⁷ Sowerby 1814 file clam > 30
Pectinida - Propeamussiidae	Propeamussium nonarium⁷ Propeamussium nonarium⁷ mud scallop
Ostreida - Pinnidae	Pinna sp.⁷ Pinna sp.⁷ Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	Nanogyra virgula⁷, Liostrea socialis⁷, Liostrea roemeri⁷ Nanogyra virgula⁷ Deshayes 1831 oyster < 10 Liostrea socialis⁷ oyster > 500 Liostrea roemeri⁷ oyster < 10
Arcida - Arcidae	"Arca (Eonavicula) cf. fracta" = Eonavicula⁷ "Arca (Eonavicula) cf. fracta" = Eonavicula⁷ clam
Pterioida -	"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) cingulatum" = Neoentolium cingulatum⁷ "Cingentolium (Cingentolium) cingulatum" = Neoentolium cingulatum⁷ Goldfuss 1835 clam
Rhynchonellata
Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae	Lacunosella sp. Lacunosella sp. Wisniewska 1932
Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae	Torquirhynchia speciosa Torquirhynchia speciosa Munster 1839
Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae	Ornithella cf. pentagonalis, Cheirothyris fleuriausa Ornithella cf. pentagonalis Cheirothyris fleuriausa d'Orbigny 1850

¹Andrade et al. 2010; ²Fuchs and Schweigert 2018; ³Grawe-Baumeister et al. 2000; ⁴Herrera et al. 2021; ⁵Kemp 1999; ⁶Klug 2008; ⁷Scholz et al. 2008; ⁸Wellnhofer 1970; ⁹Wellnhofer 1975; ¹⁰Young et al. 2012