Wiesloch (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (49.3° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 14.6° N, 18.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Trochitenkalk Formation (Muschelkalk Group), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: carbonate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. J. McGowan and A. B. Smith. 2006. Faunal lists from Muschelkalk Museum, Ingelfingen, Germany. [A. McGowan/A. McGowan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66084: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 28.09.2006, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Coenothyris vulgaris Schlotheim 1820
Polychaeta
 Phyllodocemorpha -
Triadonereis sp. Mayer 1954
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Paraceratites sp. Hyatt 1900 ceratite
Scaphopoda
  -
Entalis laevis tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
"Promathilda bolina" = Promathildia
"Promathilda bolina" = Promathildia snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail
"Loxonema" annae Kittl 1894 snail
Loxonema cf. philipii Gruber 1932 snail
Loxonema philipii Gruber 1932 snail
 Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia bicarinata Batten 1989 snail
 Ptenoglossa - Protoculidae
 Neritoidea - Neritariidae
Neritaria sp. Koken 1892 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Protonerita sp. Kittl 1894 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Naticella spinosa" = Polinices, "Naticella spitizi" = Polinices
"Naticella spinosa" = Polinices moon snail
"Naticella spitizi" = Polinices moon snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana excavata Goldfuss 1837 pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma striatum Schlotheim 1820 file clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium discites Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia sp. King 1848 oyster
[entered as Bakevillia sp.]
Bakevellia costata Schlotheim 1820 oyster
Hoernesia socialis Schlotheim 1823 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Pterioida - Prospondylidea
"Enantiostreon difforme" = Terquemia difformis
"Enantiostreon difforme" = Terquemia difformis Schlotheim 1820 clam
[entered as Enantistreon difforme]
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya sp. Meek 1873 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Gonodon philippii" = Schafhaeutlia
"Gonodon philippii" = Schafhaeutlia clam
 Carditida - Myophoricardiidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartellopsis triasina Roemer 1851 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Myophoria vulgaris von Schlotheim 1820 clam
Neoschizodus laevigatus Ziethen 1830 clam
Neoschizodus cardissoides Ziethen 1830 clam
"Lyriomyophoria elegans" = Elegantinia clam
 Ichnofossils -