Toarcian, Schömberg, Germany: Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
? Ophiocten seeweni Kutscher and Hary 1991
rare
? Ophiura astonensis Hess 1964
very rare
Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aplocomidae
Sinosura brodiei (Wright 1866)
rare
Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiopholidae
? Ophiopholis trispinosa Hess 1965
very rare
Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiolepididae
Ophiomusium geisingense Kutscher 1992
recombined as Mesophiomusium geisingense
frequent
Ophiomusium scabrum Hess 1962
recombined as Mesophiomusium scabrum
rare
Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiomyxidae
? Ophiarachna liasica n. sp. Kutscher 1996
frequent
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Baden-Württemberg County:Schömberg
Coordinates: 48.2° North, 8.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.4° North, 18.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Toarcian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 3
*Period:Early/Lower Jurassic - Early/Lower Jurassic
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian
Key time interval:Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian Zone: bifrons to variabilis
Age range of interval:184.20000 - 180.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified marl
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Articulated whole bodies:none
Disassociated minor elements:all
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:31987
Authorizer:L. Villier Enterer:L. Villier
Modifier:J. Millet Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-05-30 01:43:45 Last modified:2006-07-11 08:46:38
Access level:the public Released:2003-05-30 01:43:45
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

8568. M. Kutscher. 1996. Echinodermata aus dem Ober-Toarcium und Aalenium Deutschlands II: Ophiuroidea. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, serie B, Geologie und Paläontologie 242:1-33 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]