PBDB Collection

Eberstadt, Heilbronn: Carnian, Germany

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae

	Palaeobates sp.
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

	Lithophaga lennachensis n. sp.

	Lithophaga buchhornensis n. sp.

	Lithophaga producta n. sp.

	Lithophaga vermiculata n. sp.

	Mytilus sulmensis n. sp.

	Mytilus hasta n. sp.

	Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758

	Mytilus acutefinitus n. sp.
	includes ssp. minor

	Mytilus avirostrum n. sp.

	Mytilus peregrinus n. sp.

	Modiolus cf. minutus (Goldfuss 1837)

	Modiolus eberstadtensis n. sp.
	includes var. intermedius

	Modiolus suprarectus n. sp.

	Modiolus transiens n. sp.

	Modiolus mediocarinatus n. sp.

	Modiolus triangulus n. sp.

	Modiolus formosissimus n. sp.

	Modiolus minalatus n. sp.

	Modiolus parallelus n. sp.

	Modiolus parvoblongus n. sp.
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae

	Aviculomyalina angusta n. sp.

	Myalina rotundata n. sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

	? Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

	Gervilleia sp. (Defrance 1820)
	= Gervillia sp. Defrance 1820	Smith 1927
	Spelling error
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae

	Pinna mediokeuperina n. sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

	Macrodon aff. beyrichi (Strombeck 1849)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae

	Myoconcha aperina n. sp.

	Myoconcha longaperina n. sp.

	Myoconcha ovulum n. sp.

	Myoconcha sp. Sowerby 1824

	Myoconcha scalprosa n. sp.

	Myoconcha aff. aquatensis

	Myoconcha cf. woehrmanni Waagen 1907
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae

	Pleuromya curta n. sp.

	Pleuromya nitens n. sp.
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae

	Homomya simplex n. sp.

	Homomya bilonga n. sp.
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae

	Thracia keuperina n. sp.
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

	Schafhaeutlia aff. liscaviensis
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae

	Mactromya equisetitis n. sp.

	Mactromya altera n. sp.
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigonodidae

	Trigonodus cf. grandis

	Trigonodus wuertembergicus n. sp.

	Trigonodus sp. Alberti 1864

	Trigonodus pygmaeus n. sp.

	Trigonodus singularis n. sp.
unclassified

	Asmussia sp. n. sp.
Branchiopoda - Diplostraca - Cyzicidae

	Cyzicus laxitextus
	ssp. laxitextus and multireticulatus

	Cyzicus cf. dorsorectus

	Cyzicus minutus
unclassified

	Dioonitocarpidium pennaeforme
Voltziopsida - Voltziales - Voltziaceae

	Voltzia coburgensis Schauroth 1852
Pinopsida - Pinales

	Widdringtonites keuperianus
Bennettitales

	Pterophyllum sp. Brongniart 1828
Coniferales

	Desmiophyllum imhoffi
unclassified

	Clathrophyllum meriani Brongniart 1862
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Equisetaceae

	Equisetites sp. Sternberg 1833
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Calamitaceae

	Neocalamites meriani
unclassified

	Danaeopsis rumphi

	Danaeopsis marantacea
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae

	Pagiophyllum foetterlei
see common names

Geography

Country:	Germany
Coordinates:	49.2° North, 9.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	28.8° North, 25.7° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:	stated in text
Geographic resolution:	small collection

Time

Period:	Triassic	Epoch:	Late Triassic
Stage:	Carnian	10 m.y. bin:	Triassic 3
Key time interval:	Carnian
Age range of interval:	237 - 227.3 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Geological group:	Keuper	Formation:	Stuttgart	Member:	Schilfsandstein
Stratigraphic resolution:	bed

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	gray,green lithified claystone
Lithology description: 1.3 m thick bed of greenish-gray claystone with plants and bivalves
Environment:	lagoonal	Tectonic setting:	cratonic basin
Geology comments: shallow marine with inferred normal salinity

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:	medium
Bioerosion:	none

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	bulk,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Includes plants, arthropods, fishes and bivalves

Metadata

Database number:	34416
Authorizer:	W. Kiessling, A. Miller	Enterer:	W. Kiessling, A. Hendy
Modifier:	M. Carrano	Research group:	marine invertebrate,paleobotany
Created:	2003-08-31 10:37:03	Last modified:	2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:	the public	Released:	2003-08-31 10:37:03
Creative Commons license:	CC0

Reference information

Primary reference:

9062.

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O. Linck. 1968. Die marinen Muschelfauna des Schilfsandsteins von Eberstadt, Wuerttemberg, (Trias, Karn, mittl. Keuper 2) und deren Bedeutung. Jahreshefte des Vereins fuer Vaterlaendsiche Naturkunde in Wuerttemberg 123:69-133 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]