Probe 6: Late/Upper Pliensbachian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida
Rhynchonellida indet. Kuhn 1949
6 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
Scalpellirhynchia aff. scalpellum (Quenstedt 1851)
4 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Cuneirhynchia lacuna
7 individuals
Gastropoda - Acteoninidae
Ovactaeonina sp. Cossmann 1895
2 individuals
spelled with current rank as Colostracon (Ovactaeonina)
= Ovactaeonina sp. 1
Ovactaeonina sp. Cossmann 1895
1 individual
spelled with current rank as Colostracon (Ovactaeonina)
= Ovactaeonina sp. 2
Ovactaeonina sp. Cossmann 1895
3 individuals
spelled with current rank as Colostracon (Ovactaeonina)
= Ovactaeonina sp. 3
Ovactaeonina sp. Cossmann 1895
9 individuals
spelled with current rank as Colostracon (Ovactaeonina)
Ovactaeonina abdominiformis (Schröder 1995)
3 individuals
Ovactaeonina sendelbachensis (Kuhn 1936)
12 individuals
Ovactaeonina kalchreuthensis Gründel and Nützel 1998
5 individuals
Ovactaeonina franconica (Kuhn 1935)
3 individuals
Gastropoda - Iravadiidae
Kalchreuthia frankei (Kuhn 1936)
569 individuals
original and current combination Pseudomelania frankei
Gastropoda - Cryptaulacidae
Rhynchocerithium kochi (Goldfuss 1844)
2 individuals
recombined as Francocerithium kochi
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Levipleura blainvillei (Munster 1844)
708 individuals
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Eucyclus sp. Eudes-Deslongchamps 1860
32 individuals
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Cylindrobullinidae
Cylindrobullina domeria
355 individuals
Cylindrobullina sp. von Ammon 1878
1 individual
= Cylindrobullina sp. 1
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Tofanellidae
Neodonaldina sinuata Gründel and Nützel 1998
1 individual
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida
Progadilina subtrigonalis
1 individual
= Laevidentalium sp. 1
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Laevidentaliidae
Laevidentalium sp. (Cossmann 1888)
24 individuals
original and current combination Dentalium (Laevidentalium)
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Prodentaliidae
Prodentalium bandeli
10 individuals
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
1 individual
= Bivalve gen. et sp. ind. 2
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
3 individuals
= Bivalve gen. et sp. ind. 4
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Rollieria subovalis
26 individuals
Rollieria cordata
4 individuals
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Mesosaccella galatea (d'Orbigny 1850)
108 individuals
recombined as Palaeoneilo galatea
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Praesaccella sp. Cox 1940
1 individual
= Praesaccella sp. 1
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula ungulella
86 individuals
Palaeonucula hammeri Defrance 1825
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Nucinellidae
Nucinella sp. Wood 1850
2 individuals
= Nucinella sp. 1
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis (Pectunculina) sp. (d'Orbigny 1843)
2 individuals
synonym of Limopsis
= Limopsis (Pectunculina) sp. 1
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
6 individuals
= Parallelodon sp. 1
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae
Anningella sp. Cox 1958
1 individual
= Anningella sp. 1
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma (Oxytoma) sp. Meek 1864
3 individuals
= Oxytoma (Oxytoma) sp. 1
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula spinosa Sowerby 1819
1 individual
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella (Nicaniella) pumila
70 individuals
Pressastarte sp. Zakharov 1970
3 individuals
= Pressastarte sp. 1
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828
10 individuals
= Lucinidae sp. 1
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 49.0° North, 11.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.4° North, 18.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Pliensbachian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 2
*Period:Early/Lower Jurassic
*International age/stage:Late/Upper Pliensbachian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pliensbachian Ammonoid zone: Pleuroceras spinatum
Age range of interval:192.90000 - 184.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray poorly lithified claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,field collection
Collection size:2087 individuals
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:23843
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:D. Hempfling
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-07-23 05:49:05 Last modified:2017-07-30 10:59:49
Access level:the public Released:2002-07-23 05:49:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6774. D. Hempfling. 2002. Palökologie von Benthos-Gemeinschaften im oberen Pliensbach (Amaltheenton) von Kalchreuth (Mittelfranken). [F. Fursich/D. Hempfling/F. Fursich]