Gundershoffener Klamm northwest of Haguenau (Jurassic to of France)

Where: France (48.9° N, 7.7° E: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 17.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Braunjura alpha & Braunjura beta Formation (Braunjura Group), Late/Upper Toarcian to Late/Upper Toarcian (180.1 - 170.3 Ma)

• Dumortieria, Leioceras opalinum, Grammoceras (Pleydellia) aalensis, Ludwigia murchisonae zones

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified marl and lithified sandstone

• Marl and clayey sandstone.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Mainly based on Schneider (1927), but also on amateur collections.

Primary reference: F. Papier. 2001. Die Gundershoffener Klamm. Fossilien 6/01:368-374 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 51501: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 07.06.2005, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Not revised since 1927.
unclassified
  -
Crustacea
  -
Crustacea indet. Brünnich 1772
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Sabellidae
"Serpula gordialis" = Glomerula serpentina
"Serpula gordialis" = Glomerula serpentina Schlotheim 1820
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Lingulata
 Discinida - Disciniidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
"Rhynchonella bouchardi" = Soaresirhynchia bouchardi, "Rhynchonella cf. jurensis" = Pseudogibbirhynchia jurensis
"Rhynchonella bouchardi" = Soaresirhynchia bouchardi Davidson 1852
"Rhynchonella cf. jurensis" = Pseudogibbirhynchia jurensis Quenstedt 1858
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula hausmanni Roemer 1836 nut clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus gregarius mussel
listed as Modiola gregaria
Modiolus sowerbyi mussel
listed as Modiola sowerbyi
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Liogryphaea ferruginea" = Gryphaea
"Liogryphaea ferruginea" = Gryphaea oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Liostrea calceola" = Ostrea calceolus, "Alectryonia sp." = Ostrea (Alectryonia)
"Liostrea calceola" = Ostrea calceolus Zieten 1923 oyster
"Alectryonia sp." = Ostrea (Alectryonia) Fischer de Waldheim 1807 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillaria hartmanni Münster 1834 oyster
listed as Gervilleia hartmanni
Gervillia subtortuosa oyster
listed as Gervilleia subtortuosa
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Bositra buchi Roemer 1836 oyster
listed as Posidonomya alpina
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima galathea file clam
"Lima duplicata" = Lima (Mantellum) duplicata Carle Sowerby 1827 file clam
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis socialis Morris and Lycett 1853 scallop
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Chlamys) textorius" = Chlamys textoria
"Pecten (Chlamys) textorius" = Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Pecten (Entolium) disciformis" = Entolium (Entolium) disciforme
"Pecten (Entolium) disciformis" = Entolium (Entolium) disciforme Schubler 1833 scallop
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Inoceramus amygdaloides" = Mytiloides amygdaloides, "Inoceramus dubius" = Parainoceramya dubia
"Inoceramus amygdaloides" = Mytiloides amygdaloides Goldfuss 1835 clam
"Inoceramus dubius" = Parainoceramya dubia Sowerby 1826 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
Opis sp. Defrance 1824 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
"Pholadomya voltzii" = Pholadomya (Pholadomya) voltzii Agassiz 1840 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Lucinopsis trigonalis" = Mysia, "Pitarinae indet." = Callocardiinae
"Lucinopsis trigonalis" = Mysia venus clam
"Pitarinae indet." = Callocardiinae Dall 1895 venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula obscura" = Corbulomima obscura
"Corbula obscura" = Corbulomima obscura Sowerby 1821 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Gresslya gregaria von Zieten 1833 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
"Trigonia formosa" = Myophorella formosa Lycett 1860 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Chemnitzia sp. d'Orbigny 1840 snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania sp. Pictet and Campiche 1862 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cryptaulacidae
"Cryptaulax armata" = Cryptaulax armatum
"Cryptaulax armata" = Cryptaulax armatum Goldfuss 1843 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Coelodiscidae
Coelodiscus minutus Schubler 1833 snail
 Trochoidea - Nododelphinulidae
"Turbo subduplicatus" = Costatrochus subduplicatus
"Turbo subduplicatus" = Costatrochus subduplicatus d'Orbigny 1850 snail
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Hammatoceratidae
 Ammonitida - Graphoceratidae
Leioceras uncum ammonite
Leioceras sinon ammonite
Leioceras sinon var. enode
Leioceras opalinum Reinecke 1818 ammonite
Ludwigia murchisonae Sowerby 1829 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Dumortieria sp. ammonite
Dumortieria radiosa Seebach 1864 ammonite
Dumortieria levesquei d'Orbigny 1844 ammonite
Dumortieria pseudoradiosa Branco 1879 ammonite
Dumortieria kochi Benecke 1905 ammonite
"Dumortieria rhodanica" = Dumortieria radians Reinecke 1818 ammonite
Dumortieria gundershofensis Haug 1887 ammonite
"Grammoceras leurum" = Pleydellia leura Buckman 1890 ammonite
"Grammoceras aff. distans" = Cotteswoldia distans Buckman 1890 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
 Belemnitida -
 Belemnitida - Megateuthididae
Acrocoelites rostriformis Theodori 1837 belemnite
Dactyloteuthis irregularis von Schlotheim 1813 belemnite
 Belemnitida - Passaloteuthididae
 Belemnitida - Hastitidae
 Belemnitida -
 Nautilida - Cenoceratidae
"Nautilus lineatus" = Cenoceras lineatum
"Nautilus lineatus" = Cenoceras lineatum Sowerby 1813 nautiloid
Reptilia
 Plesiosauria -
? Plesiosaurus sp. de la Beche and Conybeare 1821 plesiosaur
Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Pentacrinitidae