Quarry Winnberg, Sengenthal, Bed 12, Franconian Alb, Bavaria (Jurassic to of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.2° N, 11.5° E: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 20.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: "Berching" Formation, Early/Lower Bathonian to Early/Lower Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)

• Z. zigzag zone (O. yeovilensis and A. tenuiplicatus subzones)and T. subcontractus and M. morrisi zones in the upper third

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified marl

• calcareous oolithic marl, 10-20 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 62252: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Lissoceratidae
Lissoceras psilodiscus Schloenbach 1865 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
"Oecotraustes (Paroecotraustes) formosus" = Oxycerites (Paroecotraustes) formosus Arkell 1951 ammonite
Oxycerites sp. Rollier 1909 ammonite
"Eohecticoceras sp." = Oxycerites (Alcidellus) ammonite
"Oxycerites yeovilensis" = Oxycerites (Oxycerites) yeovilensis Rollier 1911 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Parkinsoniidae
 Ammonitida - Morphoceratidae
Asphinctites tenuiplicatus Brauns 1865 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
"Siemiradzkia aurigera" = Procerites (Siemiradzkia) aurigera Oppel 1857 ammonite
Procerites stephanovi Mangold 1970 ammonite
Wagnericeras arbustigerum d'Orbigny 1846 ammonite
Procerites sp. Siemiradzki 1898 ammonite
Procerites laeviplex Quenstedt 1887 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae
Parkinsonia (Parkinsonia) sp. Bayle 1878 ammonite
n. sp. ?
 Ammonitida - Tulitidae