Upper Trochitenkalk: Anisian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Coenothyris vulgaris (Schlotheim 1820)
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula tenuissima Bronn 1837
Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula serpentina
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte triasina Roemer 1851
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Anoplophora munsteri
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Myoconcha mulleri
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Schafhaeutlia hohensteini
[entered as Schafhautlia hohensteini]
? Schafhaeutlia sp. Cossmann 1897
[entered as Schafhautlia sp.]
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Myophoria vulgaris (von Schlotheim 1820)
Myophoria laevigata (Ziethen 1830)
Myophoria cf. cardissoides Ziethen 1830
Myophoria ovata (Goldfuss 1838)
Myophoria elegans (Dunker 1849)
Bivalvia - Pterioida - Prospondylidea
Enantiostreon difforme (Schlotheim 1820)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Hoernesia socialis (Schlotheim 1823)
Gervilleia costata (Schlotheim 1820)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Enantiostreon spondyloides Schlotheim 1823
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis ostracina (Schlotheim 1820)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima striata (Schlotheim 1820)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pleuronectites laevigatus Schlotheim 1820
Velata albertia
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Terquemiidae
Philippiella noetlingi Frech 1912
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium discites (Schlotheim 1820)
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalina blezingeri
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Mysidiellidae
Mytilus eduliformis Schlotheim 1820
includes ssp. praecursor
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiola inflexa
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Ceratites cf. pulcher Riedel 1916
Ceratites atavus Philippi 1901
ssp. sequens
Gastropoda - Neritariidae
Neritaria sp. Koken 1892
Neritaria cf. matercula (Quenstedt 1884)
Trachynerita gaillardoti
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia sp. de Koninck 1883
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841
Tentaculita - Microconchida
Spirorbis valvata (Munster 1831)
Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Gyrolepis sp. Agassiz 1833
Asteroidea
Pleuraster chopi
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Miocidaridae
Miocidaris sp. Döderlein 1887
Crinoidea - Encrinida - Encrinidae
Encrinus liliiformis Lamarck 1801
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Hessen
Coordinates: 50.8° North, 8.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.9° North, 18.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Middle Triassic
Stage: Anisian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 2
Key time interval: Anisian
Age range of interval: 247.2 - 242 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Trochitenkalk
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:44357
Authorizer:D. Bottjer Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-09-08 15:40:58 Last modified:2008-11-20 13:56:43
Access level:the public Released:2004-09-08 15:40:58
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11661. E. Busse. 1974. Der Obere Muschelkalk im nordwestlichen Niederhessen. Notizbl. hess. L.-Amt. Bodenforsch. 102:91-135 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]