Modiola-Bank, Estherienschichten, Gipskeuper, Oberscheinfeld-Ost (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.7° N, 10.4° E: paleocoordinates 22.1° N, 15.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Thickness: 6 cm, Modiola-Bank

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray marl

Size class: macrofossils

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 47407: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 24.02.2005

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Taxonomic list

Gnathostomata
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Actinopterygii indet. ray-finned fish
Chondrostei g. et. sp. A and B
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Birgeriidae
"Saurichthys cf. acuminatus" = Birgeria acuminata
"Saurichthys cf. acuminatus" = Birgeria acuminata Agassiz 1843
Actinopteri
 Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae
? Colobodus sp. Agassiz 1843
Branchiopoda
 Diplostraca - Cyzicidae
Cyzicus (Euestheria) minutus clam shrimp
n. ssp. multicostatus