Modiola-Bank, Estherienschichten, Gipskeuper, Prappach (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.1° N, 10.6° E: paleocoordinates 22.5° N, 15.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Estherienschichten Member (Grabfeld Formation), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• Thickness: 10 cm

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, gray marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: G. Geyer. 1987. Die Fossilien der Modiola-Bank Frankens (Karn, Gipskeuper). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 173(3):271-302 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47404: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 24.02.2005

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae