Grimmen (Krempien collection): Early Toarcian, Germany
collected by Krempien
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Orthoptera
- Elcanidae
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Elcana minima
Handlirsch 1906
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| LiG 170/1/2 | ||||||||||
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Elcana media
Handlirsch 1906
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| LiG 167/1/2, 172/1/2, 183/1/2, 212/1/2 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Orthoptera
- Locustopsidae
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Locustopsis gyra
Zessin 1983
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Zessin 1988 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| LiG 158/2 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Locustopsis kruegeri
Zessin 1983
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Zessin 1988 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| LiG 137/1 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | County: | Röstock |
| Coordinates: | 54.1° North, 13.1° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.7° North, 18.9° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Altitude: | 8 meters |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early Jurassic |
| Stage: | Toarcian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Early Toarcian | Zone: | Dactylioceras tenuicostatum |
| Age range of interval: | 184.2 - 182.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: unnamed "bituminous shale bed" equivalent to Posidonian Shale (Posidonienschiefer); Lias epsilon level = lowest Toarcian; also lower part of Harpoceras falcifer Zone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified carbonaceous "shale" | ||
| Lithology description: bituminous shale ("bituminösen Schiefer") | |||
| Environment: | offshore indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression,concretion |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Krempien |
Metadata
| Database number: | 114994 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | J. Karr, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2011-08-26 14:35:47 | Last modified: | 2014-08-26 15:34:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-08-26 14:35:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35779. | W. Zessin. 1987. Variabilität, Merkmalswandel und Phylogenie der Elcanidae im Jungpaläozoikum und Mesozoikum und die Phylogenie der Ensifera. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 34(1-3):1-76 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/J. Karr] |
Secondary references:
| 52427 | W. Zessin. 1988. Neue Saltatoria (Insecta) aus dem Oberlias Mitteleuropas. Freiberger Forschungshefte C 419:107-121 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |