Tonplatten Facies, Hessen Province (Triassic of Germany)
Where: Hessen, Germany (50.8° N, 8.5° E: paleocoordinates 15.9° N, 18.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. Busse. 1974. Der Obere Muschelkalk im nordwestlichen Niederhessen. Notizbl. hess. L.-Amt. Bodenforsch. 102:91-135 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 44358: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.09.2004
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Taxonomic list
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Asteroidea | |
Pleuraster chopi sea star | |
Crinoidea | |
Encrinus liliiformis Lamarck 1801 Sea lily | |
Reptilia | |
Nothosaurus sp. Münster 1834 diapsid | |
Osteichthyes | |
Gyrolepis sp. Agassiz 1833 | |
Lingulata | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Coenothyris vulgaris Schlotheim 1820 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Ceratites neolaevis, Ceratites raricostatus, Ceratites distractus, Ceratites spinosus, Ceratites compressus, Ceratites robustus, Ceratites cf. armatus, Ceratites praecursor, Ceratites evolutus, "Ceratites cf. pulcher" = Progonoceratites pulcher, "Ceratites philippii" = Progonoceratites philippii
Ceratites neolaevis ceratite
Ceratites raricostatus ceratite
Ceratites distractus ceratite
Ceratites cf. armatus Philippi 1901 ceratite
Ceratites praecursor Riedel 1918 ceratite
"Ceratites cf. pulcher" = Progonoceratites pulcher Riedel 1916 ceratite | |
Germanonautilus bidorsatus Schlotheim 1820 nautiloid | |
Scaphopoda | |
Antalis laevis tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Chemnitzia hehli snail | |
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail | |
? Ampullina sp. Férussac 1822 snail | |
? Omphaloptychia sp. von Ammon 1893 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Leda sp." = Nuculana, "Nucula elliptica" = Leda elliptica
"Leda sp." = Nuculana Link 1807 pointed nut clam
"Nucula elliptica" = Leda elliptica Goldfuss 1837 pointed nut clam | |
"Nucula goldfussi" = Nucula goldfussii
"Nucula goldfussi" = Nucula goldfussii Alberti 1863 nut clam | |
"Mytilus eduliformis" = Promysidiella eduliformis
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Pleuronectites laevigatus Schlotheim 1820 scallop | |
Philippiella noetlingi Frech 1912 scallop | |
"Lima striata" = Plagiostoma striatum
"Lima striata" = Plagiostoma striatum Schlotheim 1820 file clam | |
Placunopsis ostracina Schlotheim 1820 scallop | |
Entolium discites Schlotheim 1820 scallop | |
"Gervilleia costata" = Bakevellia costata, Hoernesia socialis
"Gervilleia costata" = Bakevellia costata Schlotheim 1820 oyster
Hoernesia socialis Schlotheim 1823 oyster | |
Mactromya schmidi clam | |
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Myophoria simplex clam
Myophoria vulgaris von Schlotheim 1820 clam |