Quarry Winnberg, Sengenthal, Bed 34, Franconian Alb, Bavaria (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.2° N, 11.5° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 19.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: "Hartmannshof" Formation, Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• P. bifurcatus zone (P. grossouvrei subzone)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified marl

• white or cream-coloured calcareous marl, with lenses and concretions in the lower part, glauconitic, 25-35 cm thick

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 62308: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Euaspidoceras cf. perarmatum
Euaspidoceras cf. perarmatum Sowerby 1822 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) sp., Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) bifurcatus
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Ochetoceras (Trimarginites) arolicus, Ochetoceras (Trimarginites) stenorhynchus, "Ochetoceras canaliculatum" = Ochetoceras (Ochetoceras) canaliculatum
"Ochetoceras canaliculatum" = Ochetoceras (Ochetoceras) canaliculatum von Buch 1831 ammonite