Dolomite of Großmehring near Ingolstadt, Southern Frankenalb (Jurassic of Germany)

Also known as Reef 3413

Where: Bavaria, Germany (48.8° N, 11.5° E: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 19.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified dolomite

• The fauna indicates a coral-reef biotope.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: S.-A. Yamani and G. Schairer. 1975. Bivalvia aus dem Dolomit von Großmehring bei Ingolstadt (Untertithon, Südliche Frankenalb, Bayern) . Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Histor. Geologie 15:19-27 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 57157: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 06.12.2005

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Cardiida - Pterocardiidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
 Hippuritida - Diceratidae
Diceratidae indet. Dall 1895 rudist
 Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
Pachyrisma sp. Morris and Lycett 1850 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
cf. Fimbria sp. Mühlfeldt 1811 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) virdunensis Buvignier 1852 scallop
listed as C. (Camptochlamys) tithonius
Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
listed as Ch. quenstedti
Eopecten velatus Goldfuss 1833 scallop
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula (Plicatula) sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima (Lima) notata" = Lima (Plagiostoma) notata de Loriol 1878 file clam
Lima (Lima) sp. Bruguiére 1796 file clam
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha sp. Röding 1798 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904 oyster
Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteroperna poliodon pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna (Pinna) sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arcidae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam
"Arca (Arca) trisulcata" = Arca (Eonavicula) trisulcata Muenster 1837 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
cf. Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel
"Mytilus cf. ungulatus" = Mytilus edulis ungulatus Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Nuculanida - Isoarcidae