Ophiuroidea, Zwatzen, Iena: Ladinian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aplocomidae
Ophioderma squamosa (Picard 1858)
60 individuals
recombined as Arenorbis squamosus
Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Aspidura ludeni von Hagenow 1851
9 individuals
recombined as Aspiduriella ludeni
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 51.0° North, 11.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.5° North, 18.0° 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:Ladinian
Age range of interval:242.00000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Muschelkalk
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: D-banken, lower Muschelkalk
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified grainstone
Secondary lithology: lithified mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:deep subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Abundance in sediment:few
Articulated whole bodies:many
Associated major elements:many
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:89456
Authorizer:L. Villier Enterer:L. Villier
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-05-22 00:23:25 Last modified:2022-11-09 15:42:02
Access level:the public Released:2009-05-22 00:23:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

26114. F. Kutscher. 1940. Ophiuren-vorkommen in Muschelkalk Deutschlands. Zeitschrift der deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 92(1):1-18 [L. Villier/L. Villier]