Satteldorf-Neidenfels near Crailsheim, sample MHI 2080/4: Fassanian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pleuronectites laevigatus
Schlotheim 1820
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Tentaculita
- Microconchida
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Microconchus valvatus
(Munster 1831)
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Geography
| Country: | Germany |
| Coordinates: | 49.2° North, 10.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.4° North, 17.6° 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 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 242 - 239.7 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Meißner | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper part of Meißner Formation, a few meters above MHI 2080/2. Weyeri to dorsoplanus biozones. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: The influence of the nearby coastline is even more prominent than in deeper parts of the Meißner Formation. The thickly bedded shelly limestones contain mixed endobenthic and epibenthic faunal elements devoid of stenohaline crinoids and echinoids. | |
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: | 160524 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-08-23 23:15:22 | Last modified: | 2014-08-23 23:15:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-08-23 23:15:22 |
| 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] |