PBDB Collection

Nusplingen quarry: Late Kimmeridgian, Germany

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea - Cidaroida

	Plegiocidaris crucifera (Agassiz 1840)	Grawe-Baumeister et al. 2000	3 individuals
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae

	Paracidaris cf. florigemma (Phillips 1829)	Grawe-Baumeister et al. 2000	3 specimens

	Nenoticidaris histricoides	Grawe-Baumeister et al. 2000	2 individuals
	synonym of Paracidaris (Anisocidaris)

	Polycidaris nusplingensis n. sp.	Grawe-Baumeister et al. 2000	6 individuals
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae

	Rhabdocidaris boehmi	Grawe-Baumeister et al. 2000	3 specimens
Echinoidea - Diplopodiidae

	Diplopodia subangularis	Grawe-Baumeister et al. 2000	2 specimens
Echinoidea - Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae

	Stomechinus perlatus	Grawe-Baumeister et al. 2000	1 individual
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Paraorthacodontidae

	Paraorthacodus jurensis (Schweizer 1964)	Klug 2008
	new skeleton from "Nusplingen"
Reptilia - Pterosauria

	Pterosauria indet. (Kaup 1834)	Kemp 1999	2 specimens
	SMNS 59789, 80366
Reptilia - Pterosauria - Rhamphorhynchidae

	Rhamphorhynchus sp. Meyer 1847	Wellnhofer 1975	2 specimens
	SMNS 3696, 12680,

	Rhamphorhynchus cf. muensteri (Goldfuss 1831)	Wellnhofer 1975	1 specimen
	SMNS specimen

	Rhamphorhynchus longiceps Woodward 1902	Kemp 1999	1 specimen
	synonym of Rhamphorhynchus muensteri
	Tübingen specimen
Reptilia - Pterosauria

	Pterodactylus suevicus n. sp. Quenstadt 1855	Wellnhofer 1970	1 specimen
	recombined as Cycnorhamphus suevicus
	Tübingen specimen (holotype), nearly complete skeleton

	Pterodactylus longicollum n. sp. Meyer 1854	Wellnhofer 1970	1 specimen
	recombined as Ardeadactylus longicollum
	SMNS 5802 (neotype specimen)
Reptilia - Metriorhynchidae

	Geosaurus suevicus Fraas 1901	Kemp 1999	4 specimens
	recombined as Cricosaurus suevicus
	Tübingen, three specimens. SMNS 9808

	Cricosaurus suevicus (Fraas 1901)	Andrade et al. 2010
	SMNS 3808, SMNS 90513

	Geosaurinae indet. Lydekker 1889	Herrera et al. 2021

	? Geosaurus sp. Cuvier 1824	Kemp 1999	1 specimen
	SMNS 80480, SMNS 81834

	Dakosaurus sp. Quenstedt 1856	Kemp 1999	1 specimen
	Tübingen specimen

	Dakosaurus maximus (Plieninger 1846)	Young et al. 2012	1 specimen
	SMNS 81793: isolated tooth
Reptilia - Testudines - Thalassemydidae

	Thalassemydidae indet. Zittel 1889	Kemp 1999	1 specimen
	Tübingen 14620
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

	Ornithella cf. pentagonalis		23 individuals

	Cheirothyris fleuriausa (d'Orbigny 1850)		1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae

	Torquirhynchia speciosa (Munster 1839)		1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae

	Lacunosella sp. Wisniewska 1932		4 individuals
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

	Nuculana (Rollieria) sp. Link 1807	Scholz et al. 2008	1 individual
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

	Nuculidae indet. Gray 1824	Scholz et al. 2008
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

	"Lucina" zeta	Scholz et al. 2008	20 individuals
	> 20
Bivalvia - Pterioida

	Cingentolium (Cingentolium) cingulatum (Goldfuss 1835)	Scholz et al. 2008	1 individual
	recombined as Neoentolium cingulatum
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae

	Propeamussium nonarium	Scholz et al. 2008	1 individual
	original and current combination Pecten (Propeamussium)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

	Chlamys textoria (Schlotheim 1820)	Scholz et al. 2008	1 individual

	Radulopecten sigmaringensis	Scholz et al. 2008	1 individual

	Eopecten velatus (Goldfuss 1833)	Scholz et al. 2008	2 individuals

	Spondylopecten palinurus (d'Orbigny 1850)	Scholz et al. 2008	1 individual

	Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus (Schlotheim 1813)	Scholz et al. 2008	2 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

	Plagiostoma pratzi (Boehm 1881)	Scholz et al. 2008	5 individuals

	Ctenostreon pectiniforme	Scholz et al. 2008	2 individuals

	Pseudolimea duplicata (Sowerby 1814)	Scholz et al. 2008	30 individuals
	> 30
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae

	Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758	Scholz et al. 2008	1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

	Liostrea socialis	Scholz et al. 2008	500 individuals
	> 500

	Liostrea roemeri	Scholz et al. 2008	10 individuals
	< 10

	Nanogyra virgula (Deshayes 1831)	Scholz et al. 2008	10 individuals
	< 10
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

	Arca (Eonavicula) cf. fracta	Scholz et al. 2008	2 individuals
	original and current combination Eonavicula
Cephalopoda - Octobrachia - Patelloctopodidae

	Patelloctopus ilgi n. gen., n. sp. Fuchs and Schweigert 2018	Fuchs and Schweigert 2018
see common names

Geography

Country:	Germany	State/province:	Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates:	48.1° North, 9.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	39.2° North, 17.7° East
Basis of coordinate:	based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:	outcrop

Time

Period:	Jurassic	Epoch:	Late Jurassic
Stage:	Kimmeridgian	10 m.y. bin:	Jurassic 5
Key time interval:	Late Kimmeridgian	Ammonoid zone:	Hybonoticeras beckeri
Age range of interval:	152.2 - 149.2 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Nusplingen Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:	group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Formerly assinged to Tithonian. Upper Kimmeridgian age assigned by Schweigert (1998). Beckeri Zone, Ulmense Subzone

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	lithified lime mudstone
Includes fossils?	Y
Lithology description: Bedded and platy limestones
Environment:	open shallow subtidal	Tectonic setting:	cratonic basin

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body,replaced with calcite
Lagerst�tten type:	conservation
Size of fossils:	macrofossils
Spatial orientation:	random
Preservation of anatomical detail:	excellent
Articulated whole bodies:	some
Associated major elements:	many
Feeding/predation traces:	tooth marks
Temporal resolution:	snapshot
Spatial resolution:	parautochthonous

Collection methods and comments

Collection excludes:	some macrofossils
Collection methods:	field collection
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Data combined for a 10 m section

Metadata

Also known as:	Plant data in collection 24524
Database number:	41817
Authorizer:	W. Kiessling, R. Butler, M. Uhen, R. Benson, P. Mannion, J. Alroy	Enterer:	W. Kiessling, R. Butler, J. Tennant, M. Uhen, R. Benson, U. Merkel, J. Alroy, G. Varnham
Modifier:	M. Uhen	Research group:	marine invertebrate,paleoentomology,vertebrate
Created:	2004-07-21 05:39:04	Last modified:	2022-11-15 09:56:50
Access level:	the public	Released:	2004-07-21 05:39:04
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

11187.

O. Dietl and G. Schweigert. 2000. Brachiopoden aus dem Nusplinger Plattenkalk (Oberjura, SW Deutschland). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 290:1-23 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

43156		M. B. Andrade, M. T. Young, J. B. Desojo and S. L. Brusatte. 2010. The evolution of extreme hypercarnivory in Metriorhynchidae (Mesoeucrocodylia: Thalattosuchia) based on evidence from microscopic denticle morphology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(5):1451-1465 [M. Young/M. Young]
35206		G. Bechly, A. Nel, X. Martínez-Declòs, E. A. Jarzembowski, R. Coram, D. Martill, G. Fleck, F. Escuillié, M. M. Wisshak and M. Maisch. 2001. A revision and phylogenetic study of Mesozoic Aeshnoptera, with description of numerous new taxa (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera). Neue Paläontologische Abhandlungen 4:1-219 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
83111		D. Fuchs and G. Schweigert. 2018. First Middle–Late Jurassic gladius vestiges provide new evidence on the detailed origin of incirrate and cirrate octopuses (Coleoidea). PalZ 92:203-217 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
11189		J. Grawe-Baumeister, G. Schweigert, and G. Dietl. 2000. Echiniden aus dem Nusplinger Plattenkalk (Ober-Kimmeridgium, Südwestdeutschland). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 286:1-39 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]
79044		Y. Herrera, M. Aiglstorfer, and M. Bronzati. 2021. A new species of Cricosaurus (Thalattosuchia: Crocodylomorpha) from southern Germany: the first three-dimensionally preserved Cricosaurus skull from the Solnhofen Archipelago. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 19(2):145-167 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]
33234		R. A. Kemp. 1999. Solnhofen tetrapod taphonomy. University of Bristol 1-459 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
30505		S. Klug. 2008. The Late Jurassic neoselachian Macrourogaleus FOWLER, 1947 is a palaeospinacid shark (Elasmobranchii; Synechodontiformes). Acta Geologica Polonica 58(2):229-234 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
31920	ETE	S. C. Mathur, S. D. Gaur, R. S. Loyal, A. Tripathi, R. P. Tripathi and A. Gupta. 2005. Occurrence of magnetite spherules in the Maastrichtian bone bed sedimentary sequence of Fatehgarh Formation, Barmer basin, India. Current Science 89(7):1259-1268 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
29002		A. Scholz, G. Schweigert, and G. Dietl. 2008. Bivalves from the Nusplingen Lithographic Limestone (Upper Jurassic, southern Germany). Palaeodiversity 1:111-131 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]
32120		P. Wellnhofer. 1970. Die Pterodactyloidea (Pterosauria) der Oberjura-Plattenkalke Süddeutschlands. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse Abhandlungen, Neue Folge 141:1-133 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
32121		P. Wellnhofer. 1975. Die Rhamphorhynchoidea (Pterosauria) der Oberjura-Plattenkalke Süddeutschlands, Teil II, Systematische Beschreibung. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 148:132-186 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
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43071		M. T. Young, S. L. Brusatte, M. B. Andrade, J. B. Desojo, B. L. Beatty, L. Steel, M. S. Fernández, M. Sakamoto, J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca and R. R. Schoch. 2012. The cranial osteology and feeding ecology of the metriorhynchid crocodylomorph genera Dakosaurus and Plesiosuchus from the Late Jurassic of Europe. PLoS ONE 7(9):e44985 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Young]