Rohstoffbetriebe Oker quarry, bed 49, Langenberg: Kimmeridgian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
Neoselachii informal morphotype 19
1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus informal sp. 1 morphotype 7 Woodward 1888
4 specimens
Synechodus informal sp. 1 morphotype 8 Woodward 1888
1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes
Asterodermus informal sp. 1 morphotype 13 Agassiz 1836
10 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Rhinobatoidei
Asterodermus informal sp. morphotype 15 Agassiz 1836
27 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Rhinobatoidei
Asterodermus informal sp. morphotype 16 Agassiz 1836
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Rhinobatoidei
Chondrichthyes - Galeomorphii
Galeomorphii informal morphotype 11
71 specimens
spelled with current rank as Galeomorphi
Galeomorphii informal morphotype 12
55 specimens
spelled with current rank as Galeomorphi
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes
Hybodontoidea informal morphotype 1
1 specimen
Hybodontoidea informal morphotype 2
12 specimens
Hybodontoidea informal morphotype 3
1 specimen
Hybodontoidea informal morphotype 4
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 51.9° North, 10.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.1° North, 18.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Kimmeridgian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Kimmeridgian
Age range of interval:154.80000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lower Kimmeridge marls
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,acetic,field collection
Minimum sieve size:0.300
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Samples with an average weight of approximately 20 kg were taken preferably from softer marl beds. The carbonate matrix was removed with 5 to 10% acetic acid. The samples were sieved with a 0.3 mm mesh. Material housed at the Institut fur Geologie und Palaontologie der Universitat Hannover.
Metadata
Database number:117196
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-09-17 08:18:35 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2011-09-17 08:18:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

37683. D. Thies. 1995. Placoid scales (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) of northern Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(3):463-481 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]