Dudelange-Zoufftgen Section, Bed 8: Thouarsense, Luxembourg
collected 2003

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Pseudogrammoceras sp.
Pseudogrammoceras bingmanni (Denckmann 1887)
Grammoceras thouarsense (d'Orbigny 1844)
original and current combination Ammonites thouarsensis
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Megateuthididae
Dactyloteuthis sp.
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii indet. Cope 1887
Actinopteri - Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae
Leptolepis sp. Agassiz 1832
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Paracestracion sp. Koken in Zittel 1911
"Heterodontus" duffini Thies 1983
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Archaeobatidae
Toarcibatis sp. Delsate and Candoni 2001
Chondrichthyes - Protospinacidae
Protospinax sp. Woodward 1919
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Palaeobrachaelurus sp. Thies 1983
Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida
Ophiurida indet. (Müller and Troschel 1840)
see common names

Geography
Country:Luxembourg
Coordinates: 49.5° North, 6.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.4° North, 15.9° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:295 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Toarcian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 3
Key time interval:Thouarsense
Age range of interval:180.10000 - 174.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Dudelange-Zoufftgen Local bed:8
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Thouarsense et Bingmanni subzone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown marl
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection dates:2003
Metadata
Database number:141386
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:T. Schossleitner
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-03-26 22:11:12 Last modified:2014-07-16 12:51:29
Access level:the public Released:2013-03-26 22:11:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

45978. D. Delsate and R. Weis. 2010. La Couche à Crassum (Toarcien moyen) au Luxembourg: stratigraphie et faunes de la coupe de Dudelange-Zoufftgen. Ferrantia 62:35-62 [M. Aberhan/T. Schossleitner/T. Schossleitner]