Nq-MG, 'Geological Quarry Nusplingen': Kimmeridgian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Canoptidae
Cinguloturris cylindra Kemkin and Rudenko 1993
2 specimens
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
1 specimen
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Poulpidae
Saitoum aff. dercourti Widz and De Wever 1993
2 specimens
Saitoum aff. pagei Pessagno 1977
1 specimen
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiellidae
2 specimens
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Stichomitra sp. Cayeux 1897
2 specimens
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Williriedellidae
Zhamoidellum aff. ovum Dumitrica 1970
abundant category
Complexapora sp. Kiessling and Zeiss 1992
5 specimens
Complexapora tirolica Kiessling 1992
20 specimens
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
5 specimens
1 specimen
    = Archaeodictyomitra apiarium Rüst 1885
Kiessling 2005
1 specimen
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Unumidae
Protunuma japonicus Matsuoka and Yao 1985
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 48.1° North, 8.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.3° North, 23.0° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Kimmeridgian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 5
Key time interval: Kimmeridgian
Age range of interval: 154.8 - 149.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Nusplingen Limestone
Local section:Nusplingen Local bed:G
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified lime mudstone
Lithology description: the section of the Nusplingen Lithographic Limestone consists of a thick series of calcareous laminites, subdivided by intercalations of some turbidite ('allodapic limestones') layers and some bioturbated beds
Environment:basinal (carbonate)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,recrystallized,original silica,replaced with calcite
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,hydrochloric,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:0.063
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:SMNS
Metadata
Database number:67100
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:T. Schossleitner, W. Kiessling
Modifier:T. Schossleitner Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2006-11-08 06:11:25 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2006-11-08 06:11:25
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

19122. P. Zügel, W. Riegraf, G. Schweigert and G. Dietl. 1998. Radiolaria from the Nusplingen Lithographic Limestone (Late Kimmeridgian, SW Germany). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 268:43 [W. Kiessling/T. Schossleitner/T. Schossleitner]

Secondary references:

12820 W. Kiessling. 2005. Unpublished radiolarian data and taxonomic expertise. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]