Nusplingen quarry, unit D: Late Kimmeridgian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Odonata
- Cymatophlebiidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| SMNS 62662 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Odonata
- Aeschnidiidae
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Misofaeschnidium densum
(Hagen 1862)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| SMNS 62661 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| SMNS 62602 (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
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= Urogomphus nusplingensis n. sp.
Bechly 1998
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Bechly 1998 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Swabian Alb |
| Coordinates: | 48.1° North, 8.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.2° North, 22.4° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late Jurassic |
| Stage: | Kimmeridgian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Late Kimmeridgian | Ammonoid zone: | Beckeri |
| Age range of interval: | 152.21 - 149.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Nusplingen Limestone | ||||
| Local section: | Nusplingen | Local bed: | D | ||
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: bed D - 15 cm from above | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified lime mudstone | ||
| Lithology description: Within bed C, that contains the finding level of the new dragonfly, several small turbidites and few thin marly layers are intercalated. The thickness of this unit is very inconstant (30-60 cm) over short lateral distances, because it has been capped by submarine erosion during a dramatic event, when the surrounding sponge/microbial bioherms collapsed and slumped into the lagoon deforming pre-lithified laminates. The boundary between units C and B is formed by a marked unconformity (Fig. 6). At its present top, unit C is abruptly followed by the allochthonous unit B in which the original stratification of the laminates is strongly disturbed, showing folding, boudinage, lateral compression, and repetition by stapling. | |||
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Lagerst�tten type: | conservation |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | SMNS |
Metadata
| Database number: | 106402 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | J. Karr, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2011-03-14 19:56:09 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-03-14 19:56:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 44981. | G. Schweigert, G. Dietl, M. Kapitzke, J. Rieter, and R. Hugger. 1996. Libellen aus dem Nusplinger Plattenkalk (Oberjura, Ober-Kimmeridgium, Württemberg). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 236:1-12 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 37805 | G. Bechly. 1998. A revision of the fossil dragonfly genus Urogomphus, with description of a new species (Insecta: Odonata: Pananisoptera: Aeschnidiidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 270:1-47 [M. Clapham/J. Karr] | |
| 35493 | G. Fleck and A. Nel. 2003. Revision of the Mesozoic family Aeschnidiidae (Odonata: Anisoptera). Zoologica 153:1-170 [M. Clapham/J. Karr] |