Modiola-Bank, Estherienschichten, Gipskeuper, Oberscheinfeld-Ost: Carnian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii indet. Cope 1887
Chondrostei g. et. sp. A and B
Palaeonisciformes - Birgeriidae
Saurichthys cf. acuminatus Agassiz 1843
recombined as Birgeria acuminata
Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae
? Colobodus sp. Agassiz 1843
Colobodus aff. maximus Dames 1888
Branchiopoda - Cyzicidae
Cyzicus (Euestheria) minutus
n. ssp. multicostatus
Cyzicus (Euestheria) cf. fimbriatus
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 49.7° North, 10.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.1° North, 15.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Carnian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 3
Key time interval:Carnian
Age range of interval:237.00000 - 227.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Keuper Formation:Grabfeld Member:Estherienschichten
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Thickness: 6 cm, Modiola-Bank
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray lithified marl
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:47407
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:marine invertebrate
Subset of collection #:46349
Created:2005-02-24 01:21:21 Last modified:2018-02-20 16:12:23
Access level:the public Released:2005-02-24 01:21:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

12702. G. Geyer. 1987. Die Fossilien der Modiola-Bank Frankens (Karn, Gipskeuper). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 173(3):271-302 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]