Misool Island, Aucella Sandstone (Jurassic of Indonesia)

Where: Indonesia (1.9° S, 130.2° E: paleocoordinates 41.3° S, 106.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Aucella Sandstone Formation, Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Krumbeck. 1934. Die Aucellen des Malms von Misol [Upper Jurassic Aucella from Misol]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 71(B):422-469 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71431: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.04.2007

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
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Cristellaria sp. Lamarck 1816
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae
Belemnopsis sp. Bayle 1878 belemnite
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
? Homomya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
"? Aucella sp." = Buchia, "Aucella motlolensis n. sp." = Buchia, "Aucella misolica n. sp." = Buchia, "Aucella subpallasi n. sp." = Buchia, "Aucella subspitiensis n. sp." = Buchia
"? Aucella sp." = Buchia Rouillier 1845 scallop
"Aucella motlolensis n. sp." = Buchia scallop
"Aucella misolica n. sp." = Buchia scallop
"Aucella subpallasi n. sp." = Buchia scallop
"Aucella subspitiensis n. sp." = Buchia scallop
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula sp. Müller 1776