Rohstoffbetriebe Oker quarry, bed 87, Langenberg: Kimmeridgian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes
Hybodontoidea informal morphotype 2
1 specimen
Hybodontoidea informal morphotype 3
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:157.30000 - 152.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Middle 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:117205
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-09-17 08:30:56 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2011-09-17 08:30:56
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]