Eberstadt, Heilbronn: Carnian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Asmussia sp. n. sp.
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Pagiophyllum foetterlei
unclassified
Danaeopsis rumphi
Danaeopsis marantacea
Clathrophyllum meriani Brongniart 1862
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Calamitaceae
Neocalamites meriani
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Equisetaceae
Equisetites sp. Sternberg 1833
unclassified
Dioonitocarpidium pennaeforme
Voltziopsida - Voltziales - Voltziaceae
Voltzia coburgensis Schauroth 1852
Coniferales
Desmiophyllum imhoffi
Bennettitales
Pterophyllum sp. Brongniart 1828
Pinopsida - Pinales
Widdringtonites keuperianus
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Macrodon aff. beyrichi (Strombeck 1849)
recombined as Parallelodon beyrichii
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Aviculomyalina angusta n. sp.
Myalina rotundata n. sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervilleia sp. (Defrance 1820)
    = Gervillia sp. Defrance 1820
Smith 1927
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Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna mediokeuperina n. sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
? Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
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)
original and current combination Mytilus minutus
Lithophaga lennachensis n. sp.
Lithophaga buchhornensis n. sp.
Lithophaga producta n. sp.
Lithophaga vermiculata n. sp.
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 - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Schafhaeutlia aff. liscaviensis
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya equisetitis n. sp.
Mactromya altera n. sp.
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Homomya simplex n. sp.
Homomya bilonga n. sp.
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia keuperina n. sp.
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya curta n. sp.
original and current combination Myacites (Pleuromya)
Pleuromya nitens n. sp.
original and current combination Myacites (Pleuromya)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Myoconcha aperina n. sp.
Myoconcha longaperina n. sp.
Myoconcha ovulum n. sp.
Myoconcha sp. Sowerby 1824
Myoconcha scalprosa n. sp.
Myoconcha cf. woehrmanni
Myoconcha aff. aquatensis
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigonodidae
Trigonodus cf. grandis
Trigonodus wuertembergicus n. sp.
Trigonodus sp. Alberti 1864
Trigonodus pygmaeus n. sp.
Trigonodus singularis n. sp.
Branchiopoda - Cyzicidae
Cyzicus laxitextus
ssp. laxitextus and multireticulatus
Cyzicus cf. dorsorectus
Cyzicus minutus
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Palaeobates sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 49.2° North, 9.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.4° North, 14.9° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Carnian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 3
Key time interval:Carnian
Age range of interval:237.00000 - 228.00000 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:2018-02-20 16:06:37
Access level:the public Released:2003-08-31 10:37:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9062.1% 18080O. 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]