Mundelfingen 26 (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (47.0° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 11.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Psiloceras planorbis zone, Early/Lower Hettangian (201.3 - 196.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Gruner. 1997. Dynamische Palaookologie und taxonomische Bearbeitung des Unterjura (Hettangium bis unteres Sinemurium) auf der Schwabischen Alb. Profil, Stuttgart 11:1-197 [F. Fursich/A. Tomasovych/A. Tomasovych]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28867: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Adam Tomasovych on 27.02.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Psiloceratidae
Psiloceras psilonotum, Psiloceras sp.
Psiloceras sp. ammonite
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp.
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula sp.
Palaeonucula sp. Quenstedt 1930 nut clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya liasina
 Carditida - Cardiniidae
Cardinia sp.
Cardinia sp. Agassiz 1841 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Arcomytilus sp., Mytilus sp., Modiolus sp., Modiolus bipartitus, "Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
Arcomytilus sp. Agassiz 1843 mussel
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
Modiolus bipartitus Sowerby 1818 mussel
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma sp.
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea arcuata, Liostrea sp.
Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck 1801 oyster
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon hettangiensis
Parallelodon hettangiensis Terquem 1855 clam