Spaichingen, Bifurcata Oolith (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.1° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 18.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: "Bifurcata Oolith" Formation, Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. Seifert. 1963. Die Brachiopoden des oberen Dogger der Schwäbischen Alb [Brachiopods from the Upper Dogger of the Swabian Alb]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 121:156-203 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94642: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.03.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
"Formosarhynchia pugnacea" = Cymatorhynchia pugnacea, "Formosarhynchia subpugnacea n. sp." = Cymatorhynchia pugnacea
"Formosarhynchia pugnacea" = Cymatorhynchia pugnacea Quenstedt 1868
"Formosarhynchia subpugnacea n. sp." = Cymatorhynchia pugnacea Quenstedt 1868
 Rhynchonellida - Acanthothirididae
Acanthothiris elargata n. sp. Seifert 1963