Quarry Winnberg, Sengenthal, Bed 8, Franconian Alb, Bavaria (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.2° N, 11.5° E: paleocoordinates 39.4° N, 20.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: "Berching" Formation, Late/Upper Bajocian (171.6 - 167.7 Ma)

• P. parkinsoni zone (P. parkinsoni subzone); "Parkinsonien-Oolith"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified marl

• red, weathered yellow-beige oolithic marl, 20-25 cm thick, rich in fossils

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. H. Callomon, G. Dietl, A. Galacz, H. Gradl, H.-J. Niederhöfer and A. Zeiss. 1987. Zur Stratigraphie des Mittel- und unteren Oberjuras in Sengenthal bei Neumarkt /Opf. (Fränkische Alb) [On the stratigraphy of the Middle and early Upper Jurassic at Sengenthal, near Neumarkt/Opf. (Franconian Alb)]. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B 132:1-53 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62248: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Oecotraustes (Oecotraustes) nodifer, Oxycerites sp., Oxycerites aspidoides
Oxycerites sp. Rollier 1909 ammonite
Oxycerites aspidoides Oppel 1857 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Lobosphinctes sp., Vermisphinctes sp.
 Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae
Cadomites spp., Parkinsonia sp., Parkinsonia depressa, "Parkinsonia neuffensis" = Parkinsonia (Durotrigensia) neuffensis
Parkinsonia sp. Bayle ammonite
Parkinsonia depressa Quenstedt 1858 ammonite
"Parkinsonia neuffensis" = Parkinsonia (Durotrigensia) neuffensis Oppel 1857 ammonite