Steinbruch von Biburg Bank VII/4 (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Bavaria, Germany (49.0° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 40.2° N, 19.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Idoceras planula ammonoid zone, Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• Schwammkalke im Steinbruch von Biburg

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, yellow chalk

• Die Bankfazies besteht hier aus mikritischen, hellen, gelblichen, fossilreichen Kalken mit reichlich Fossildetritus und Tuberoiden.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: S. A. Yamani. 1982. Die Bivalvenfauna der Schwammkalke von Biburg (Oberoxford, Suedliche Frankenalb) Pteriomorphia I. Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung fuer Palaeontologie und Historische Geologie 22:19-34 [R. Krause/R. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95773: authorized by Rich Krause, entered by Rich Krause on 27.04.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Stenocolpus biburgensis n. sp. Yamani 1982 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Pterioida -
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) cingulatum" = Neoentolium cingulatum
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) cingulatum" = Neoentolium cingulatum Goldfuss 1835 clam