Nusplingen quarry: Late Kimmeridgian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Lacunosella sp. Wisniewska 1932
4 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Torquirhynchia speciosa (Munster 1839)
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
23 individuals
Cheirothyris fleuriausa (d'Orbigny 1850)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Scholz et al. 2008
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Scholz et al. 2008 1 individual
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Scholz et al. 2008 20 individuals
> 20
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Scholz et al. 2008 2 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Eopecten velatus (Goldfuss 1833)
Scholz et al. 2008 2 individuals
Scholz et al. 2008 1 individual
Chlamys textoria (Schlotheim 1820)
Scholz et al. 2008 1 individual
Spondylopecten palinurus (d'Orbigny 1850)
Scholz et al. 2008 1 individual
Scholz et al. 2008 2 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Scholz et al. 2008 1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Scholz et al. 2008 2 individuals
Pseudolimea duplicata (Sowerby 1814)
Scholz et al. 2008 30 individuals
> 30
Plagiostoma pratzi (Boehm 1881)
Scholz et al. 2008 5 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Scholz et al. 2008 500 individuals
> 500
Scholz et al. 2008 10 individuals
< 10
Nanogyra virgula (Deshayes 1831)
Scholz et al. 2008 10 individuals
< 10
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758
Scholz et al. 2008 1 individual
Bivalvia - Pterioida
Scholz et al. 2008 1 individual
Cephalopoda - Octopoda - Patelloctopodidae
Fuchs and Schweigert 2018
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae
Grawe-Baumeister et al. 2000 3 specimens
Echinoidea - Cidaroida
Plegiocidaris crucifera (Agassiz 1840)
Grawe-Baumeister et al. 2000 3 individuals
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae
Grawe-Baumeister et al. 2000 6 individuals
Grawe-Baumeister et al. 2000 2 individuals
Grawe-Baumeister et al. 2000 3 specimens
Echinoidea - Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae
Grawe-Baumeister et al. 2000 1 individual
Echinoidea - Diplopodiidae
Grawe-Baumeister et al. 2000 2 specimens
Actinopteri - Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae
Pachycormidae indet. Woodward 1895
Maxwell et al. 2020
GPIT/OS/1301 but specific locality not specified
Orthocormus sp. Weitzel 1930
Maxwell et al. 2020
GPIT/OS/1302 but specific locality not specified
Maxwell et al. 2020
Reptilia - Testudines - Thalassemydidae
Kemp 1999 1 specimen
Tübingen 14620
Reptilia - Metriorhynchidae
Kemp 1999 4 specimens
Tübingen, three specimens. SMNS 9808
Cricosaurus suevicus (Fraas 1901)
Andrade et al. 2010
SMNS 3808, SMNS 90513
Geosaurinae indet. Lydekker 1889
Herrera et al. 2021
Dakosaurus sp. Quenstedt 1856
Kemp 1999 1 specimen
Tübingen specimen
Dakosaurus maximus (Plieninger 1846)
Young et al. 2012 1 specimen
SMNS 81793: isolated tooth
? Geosaurus sp. Cuvier 1824
Kemp 1999 1 specimen
SMNS 80480, SMNS 81834
Reptilia - Pterosauria
Pterosauria indet. (Kaup 1834)
Kemp 1999 2 specimens
SMNS 59789, 80366
Pterodactylus longicollum n. sp. Meyer 1854
Wellnhofer 1970 1 specimen
SMNS 5802 (neotype specimen)
Pterodactylus suevicus n. sp. Quenstadt 1855
Wellnhofer 1970 1 specimen
Tübingen specimen (holotype), nearly complete skeleton
Reptilia - Pterosauria - Rhamphorhynchidae
Wellnhofer 1975 2 specimens
SMNS 3696, 12680,
Wellnhofer 1975 1 specimen
SMNS specimen
Kemp 1999 1 specimen
Tübingen specimen
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Paraorthacodontidae
Paraorthacodus jurensis (Schweizer 1964)
Klug 2008
new skeleton from "Nusplingen"
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 48.1° North, 9.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.2° North, 22.5° 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:  Hybonoticeras beckeri
Age range of interval: 152.21 - 149.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Nusplingen Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Formerly assinged to Tithonian. Upper Kimmeridgian age assigned by Schweigert (1998). Beckeri Zone, Lithacoceras ulmense Subzone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified lime mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Bedded and platy limestones
Environment:open shallow subtidal Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with calcite
Lagerst�tten type:conservation
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:random
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Articulated whole bodies:some
Associated major elements:many
Feeding/predation traces:tooth marks
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Data combined for a 10 m section
Metadata
Also known as:Plant data in collection 24524
Database number:41817
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, J. Alroy, P. Mannion, P. Novack-Gottshall, R. Butler, M. Uhen, R. Benson Enterer:W. Kiessling, J. Alroy, P. Novack-Gottshall, G. Varnham, R. Butler, M. Uhen, J. Tennant, U. Merkel, R. Benson
Modifier:P. Novack-Gottshall Research group:marine invertebrate,paleoentomology,vertebrate
Created:2004-07-21 05:39:04 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-21 05:39:04
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
11187. O. Dietl and G. Schweigert. 2000. Brachiopoden aus dem Nusplinger Plattenkalk (Oberjura, SW Deutschland). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 290:1-23 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

43156 M. B. Andrade, M. T. Young, J. B. Desojo and S. L. Brusatte. 2010. The evolution of extreme hypercarnivory in Metriorhynchidae (Mesoeucrocodylia: Thalattosuchia) based on evidence from microscopic denticle morphology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(5):1451-1465 [M. Young/M. Young]
35206 G. Bechly, A. Nel, X. Martínez-Declòs, E. A. Jarzembowski, R. Coram, D. Martill, G. Fleck, F. Escuillié, M. M. Wisshak and M. Maisch. 2001. A revision and phylogenetic study of Mesozoic Aeshnoptera, with description of numerous new taxa (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera). Neue Paläontologische Abhandlungen 4:1-219 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
83111 D. Fuchs and G. Schweigert. 2018. First Middle–Late Jurassic gladius vestiges provide new evidence on the detailed origin of incirrate and cirrate octopuses (Coleoidea). PalZ 92:203-217 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
11189 J. Grawe-Baumeister, G. Schweigert, and G. Dietl. 2000. Echiniden aus dem Nusplinger Plattenkalk (Ober-Kimmeridgium, Südwestdeutschland). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 286:1-39 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]
79044 Y. Herrera, M. Aiglstorfer, and M. Bronzati. 2021. A new species of Cricosaurus (Thalattosuchia: Crocodylomorpha) from southern Germany: the first three-dimensionally preserved Cricosaurus skull from the Solnhofen Archipelago. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 19(2):145-167 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]
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29002 A. Scholz, G. Schweigert, and G. Dietl. 2008. Bivalves from the Nusplingen Lithographic Limestone (Upper Jurassic, southern Germany). Palaeodiversity 1:111-131 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]
32120 P. Wellnhofer. 1970. Die Pterodactyloidea (Pterosauria) der Oberjura-Plattenkalke Süddeutschlands. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse Abhandlungen, Neue Folge 141:1-133 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
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