Mistelgau station brick pit: Early/Lower Toarcian, Germany
collected by H. Herppich
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Dactylioceratidae
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Dactylioceras sp.
Hyatt 1867
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Oxytomidae
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Meleagrinella substriata
(Munster 1831)
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus sp.
Sowerby 1814
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Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Reptilia
- Rhamphorhynchidae
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Dorygnathus mistelgauensis n. sp.
Wild 1971
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1 individual | |||||||||
| synonym of Dimorphodon banthensis | ||||||||||
| Specimen in the private collection of Dr G. Eicken, Bayreuth. Comprises a nearly complete radius, ulna, tibia, and fibula; partial scapula, humerus, carpus, metacarpus, wing-phalanx, rib, and caudal vertebra | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Steneosaurus bollensis
(Cuvier 1824)
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Westphal 1962 | |||||||||
| recombined as Macrospondylus bollensis | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Bayern |
| Coordinates: | 49.9° North, 11.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.4° North, 19.1° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 454 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| Stage: | Toarcian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 3 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Jurassic | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Lias |
| *International age/stage: | Early/Lower Toarcian | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Toarcian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 184.20000 - 182.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Posidonia Shale | Member: | Lias Epsilon II | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lias Epsilon 2, probably between levels 1 and 6. Bed is called the "Monotis-Kalkbank", or "Monotis Chalk Bank", 5 cm above the "Fischschuppenschicht" ("Fish-remains Shale"). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: limestone slab, with remnants of thin shale lamellae (containing fish remains) on underside. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: marine inferred from presence of limestone and shale. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | H. Herppich |
| Collection method comments: Made from the same horizon as a specimen of | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Dorygnathus mistelgauensis holotype | ||
| Database number: | 28506 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Benson | Enterer: | M. Carrano, R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-02-18 09:13:45 | Last modified: | 2022-09-28 13:51:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-02-18 09:13:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7866. | 5% 39060 | R. Wild. 1971. Dorygnathus mistelgauensis n. sp., ein neuer Flugsaurier aus dem Lias Epsilon von Mistelgau (Fränkischer Jura). Geologische Blätter für Nordost-Bayern und angrenzende Gebiete 21(4):178-195 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 30856 | K. Padian. 2008. The Early Jurassic pterosaur Dorygnathus banthensis (Theodori, 1830). Special Papers in Palaeontology 80:1-64 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 42779 | F. Westphal. 1962. Die Krokodilier des Deutschen und Englischen Oberen Lias [The crocodiles of the German and English Upper Lias]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 118(1-3):23-118 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano] |