Pk5-lcl, Egesheim Quarry: Kimmeridgian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Syringocapsidae
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Syringocapsa aff. lata
Yang 1993
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12 specimens | ||||||
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Podocapsa amphitreptera
Foreman 1973
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5 specimens | ||||||
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Spongocapsulidae
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Obesacapsula sp.
Pessagno 1977
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Sethocapsidae
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| 12 specimens | |||||||
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Williriedellidae
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Williriedellidae indet.
Dumitrica 1970
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abundant category | ||||||
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Zhamoidellum aff. ovum
Dumitrica 1970
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rare category | ||||||
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Unumidae
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Protunuma japonicus
Matsuoka and Yao 1985
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1 specimen | ||||||
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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: | Pk5 |
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified lime mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified chert |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| 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,with some 1-2mm thick chert layers | |
| Environment: | basinal (carbonate) |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast,recrystallized,replaced with calcite |
| Size of fossils: | microfossils |
| Abundance in sediment: | common |
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: | 67102 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | T. Schossleitner |
| Modifier: | T. Schossleitner | Research group: | micropaleontology |
| Created: | 2006-11-08 06:24:30 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-11-08 06:24:30 |
| 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] |