Mundelfingen 37 (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (47.0° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 13.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Arietites bucklandi zone, Early/Lower Sinemurian (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: carbonate

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 28875: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Adam Tomasovych on 27.02.2003

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Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Pentacrinitidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Spiriferina walcotti Sowerby 1822
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Arietitidae
Arnioceras sp. Hyatt 1867 ammonite
Arietites sp. Waagen 1869 ammonite
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoma sp. Cossmann 1907 nut clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea duplicata Sowerby 1814 file clam
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam
"Lima striata" = Plagiostoma striatum Schlotheim 1820 file clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop
Entolium lunare Roemer 1839 scallop
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Bositra sp., "Bositra buchii" = Bositra buchi
Bositra sp. De Gregorio 1886 oyster
"Bositra buchii" = Bositra buchi Roemer 1836 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck 1801 oyster
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya sp. Meek 1873 clam
 Carditida - Cardiniidae
Cardinia sp. Agassiz 1841 clam
Cardinia hybrida Sowerby 1817 clam