Obersontheim-Ummenhofen near Schwäbisch Hall, sample MHI 2080/3: Fassanian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pleuronectites laevigatus Schlotheim 1820
Tentaculita - Microconchida
Microconchus valvatus (Munster 1831)
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 49.1° North, 9.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.3° North, 17.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Ladinian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Fassanian Ammonoid zone: Nodosus
Age range of interval:242.00000 - 239.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Meißner
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Upper part of Meißner Formation, Tonsteinhorizont 6 (former Tonhorizont zeta).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: The locality was situated on the shallow ramp (Aigner 1985) some tens of kilometers offshore of the Vindelician Bohemian Massif.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Muschelkalkmuseum Ingelfingen, Germany
Metadata
Database number:160523
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-08-23 23:10:31 Last modified:2014-08-23 23:10:31
Access level:the public Released:2014-08-23 23:10:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
52392. M. Zatoń, H. Hagdorn, and T. Borszcz. 2014. Microconchids of the species Microconchus valvatus (Münster in Goldfuss, 1831) from the Upper Muschelkalk (Middle Triassic) of Germany. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 94:453-461 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]