Willebadessen IV, Astarte-Bank Collection in Muschelkalk Museum: Anisian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula tenuissima Bronn 1837
1 specimen
recombined as Lingularia tenuissima
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Coenothyris vulgaris (Schlotheim 1820)
4 specimens
entered as Coenthyris vulgaris
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula goldfussi
7 specimens
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Neoschizodus oratus
8 specimens
Neoschizodus germanicus
5 specimens
Myophoria vulgaris (von Schlotheim 1820)
3 specimens
original and current combination Trigonellites vulgaris
Lyriomyophoria elegans
34 specimens
synonym of Elegantinia
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Myoconcha mulleri
17 specimens
Myoconcha gastrochaena (Giebel 1856)
3 specimens
replaced by Myoconcha giebeli
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Lamarck 1799
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Unicardium schmidti
6 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Schafhaeutlia sp. Cossmann 1897
2 specimens
entered as Schafhactulia sp.
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Myoconcha goldfussi (Dunker 1849)
4 specimens
original and current combination Modiola goldfussi
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Mysidiellidae
Mytilus eduliformis Schlotheim 1820
7 specimens
recombined as Promysidiella eduliformis
Mytilus inflexus Schmidt 1928
8 specimens
synonym of Promysidiella eduliformis
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalina blezingeri
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Hoernesia socialus
3 specimens
Bakevellia costata (Schlotheim 1820)
9 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Terquemiidae
Newaagia noetlingi
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium discites (Schlotheim 1820)
8 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Leptochondria alberti (Goldfuss 1838)
1 specimen
recombined as Leptochondria albertii
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Prospondylidae
Enantiostreon diffome
8 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Hessen
Coordinates: 51.6° North, 9.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.9° North, 18.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Anisian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Anisian
Age range of interval:247.20000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Muschelkalk Formation:Trochitenkalk
Local section:Willebadessen Local bed:Astarte Bank
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: The Oberer Tochitenkalk belongs to the upper part of the Muschelkalk Formation of Willebadessen and belongs to the robustus-zone. The Astarte-Bank forms part of the uppermost Oberer Trochitenkalk.
This collection was largely made by Hans Hagdorn and should be treated as separate
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: oolithic limestone
Environment:shallow subtidal 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:66083
Authorizer:A. McGowan Enterer:A. McGowan
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-09-28 05:24:55 Last modified:2022-11-09 15:12:20
Access level:the public Released:2006-09-28 05:24:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18927. A. J. McGowan and A. B. Smith. 2006. Faunal lists from Muschelkalk Museum, Ingelfingen, Germany. [A. McGowan/A. McGowan]