PBDB Collection

Eberstadt, Heilbronn (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.2° N, 9.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 28.8° N, 25.7° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Schilfsandstein Member (Stuttgart Formation), Carnian (237.0 - 227.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; lithified, gray, green claystone

• shallow marine with inferred normal salinity

• 1.3 m thick bed of greenish-gray claystone with plants and bivalves

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

• Includes plants, arthropods, fishes and bivalves

Primary reference: O. Linck. 1968. Die marinen Muschelfauna des Schilfsandsteins von Eberstadt, Wuerttemberg, (Trias, Karn, mittl. Keuper 2) und deren Bedeutung. Jahreshefte des Vereins fuer Vaterlaendsiche Naturkunde in Wuerttemberg 123:69-133 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34416: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 31.08.2003, edited by Bethany Allen and Austin Hendy

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Asmussia sp. n. sp. Asmussia sp. n. sp.
Bivalvia
Mytilida - Mytilidae	Mytilus acutefinitus minor, Modiolus eberstadtensis intermedius Mytilus acutefinitus minor mussel Modiolus eberstadtensis intermedius horsemussel
Pinopsida
Pinales -	Widdringtonites keuperianus Widdringtonites keuperianus conifer
Voltziopsida
Voltziales - Voltziaceae	Voltzia coburgensis Voltzia coburgensis Schauroth 1852 conifer
Polypodiopsida
Equisetales - Equisetidae	Equisetites sp., Neocalamites meriani Equisetites sp. Sternberg 1833 Neocalamites meriani
Marattiales - Marattiidae	Danaeopsis rumphi, Danaeopsis marantacea Danaeopsis rumphi Danaeopsis marantacea
Equisetopsida
Pinidae - Pinidae	Pagiophyllum foetterlei Pagiophyllum foetterlei
Gymnospermae
Bennettitales -	Pterophyllum sp. Pterophyllum sp. Brongniart 1828
Coniferales -	Desmiophyllum imhoffi Desmiophyllum imhoffi
Dioonitocarpidium
-	Dioonitocarpidium pennaeforme Dioonitocarpidium pennaeforme
Clathrophyllum meriani
-	Clathrophyllum meriani Clathrophyllum meriani Brongniart 1862
Branchiopoda
Diplostraca - Cyzicidae	Cyzicus cf. dorsorectus, Cyzicus minutus, Cyzicus laxitextus laxitextus, Cyzicus laxitextus multireticulatus Cyzicus cf. dorsorectus clam shrimp Cyzicus minutus clam shrimp Cyzicus laxitextus laxitextus clam shrimp Cyzicus laxitextus multireticulatus clam shrimp
Bivalvia
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	? Gryphaea sp. ? Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster
Ostreida - Bakevelliidae	Gervillia sp. Gervillia sp. Defrance 1820 oyster
Ostreida - Pinnidae	Pinna mediokeuperina n. sp. Pinna mediokeuperina n. sp. oyster
Mytilida - Mytilidae	Modiolus eberstadtensis n. sp., Modiolus suprarectus n. sp., Modiolus transiens n. sp., Modiolus mediocarinatus n. sp., Modiolus triangulus n. sp., Modiolus formosissimus n. sp., Modiolus minalatus n. sp., Modiolus parallelus n. sp., Modiolus parvoblongus n. sp., Lithophaga lennachensis n. sp., Lithophaga buchhornensis n. sp., Lithophaga producta n. sp., Lithophaga vermiculata n. sp., Mytilus sulmensis n. sp., Mytilus hasta n. sp., Mytilus sp., Mytilus acutefinitus n. sp., Mytilus avirostrum n. sp., Mytilus peregrinus n. sp., "Modiolus cf. minutus" = Mytilus minutus Modiolus eberstadtensis n. sp. horsemussel Modiolus suprarectus n. sp. horsemussel Modiolus transiens n. sp. horsemussel Modiolus mediocarinatus n. sp. horsemussel Modiolus triangulus n. sp. horsemussel Modiolus formosissimus n. sp. horsemussel Modiolus minalatus n. sp. horsemussel Modiolus parallelus n. sp. horsemussel Modiolus parvoblongus n. sp. horsemussel Lithophaga lennachensis n. sp. mussel Lithophaga buchhornensis n. sp. mussel Lithophaga producta n. sp. mussel Lithophaga vermiculata n. sp. mussel Mytilus sulmensis n. sp. mussel Mytilus hasta n. sp. mussel Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel Mytilus acutefinitus n. sp. mussel Mytilus avirostrum n. sp. mussel Mytilus peregrinus n. sp. mussel "Modiolus cf. minutus" = Mytilus minutus Goldfuss 1837 mussel
Myalinida - Myalinidae	Myalina rotundata n. sp., Aviculomyalina angusta n. sp. Myalina rotundata n. sp. clam Aviculomyalina angusta n. sp. clam
Arcida - Parallelodontidae	"Macrodon aff. beyrichi" = Parallelodon beyrichii "Macrodon aff. beyrichi" = Parallelodon beyrichii Strombeck 1849 clam
Pholadida - Pleuromyidae	Pleuromya curta n. sp., Pleuromya nitens n. sp. Pleuromya curta n. sp. clam Pleuromya nitens n. sp. clam
Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae	Homomya simplex n. sp., Homomya bilonga n. sp. Homomya simplex n. sp. clam Homomya bilonga n. sp. clam
Thraciida - Thraciidae	Thracia keuperina n. sp. Thracia keuperina n. sp. clam
Lucinida - Lucinidae	Schafhaeutlia aff. liscaviensis Schafhaeutlia aff. liscaviensis clam
Lucinida - Mactromyidae	Mactromya equisetitis n. sp., Mactromya altera n. sp. Mactromya equisetitis n. sp. clam Mactromya altera n. sp. clam
Cardiida - Kalenteridae	Myoconcha aperina n. sp., Myoconcha longaperina n. sp., Myoconcha ovulum n. sp., Myoconcha sp., Myoconcha scalprosa n. sp., Myoconcha aff. aquatensis, Myoconcha cf. woehrmanni Myoconcha aperina n. sp. clam Myoconcha longaperina n. sp. clam Myoconcha ovulum n. sp. clam Myoconcha sp. Sowerby 1824 clam Myoconcha scalprosa n. sp. clam Myoconcha aff. aquatensis clam Myoconcha cf. woehrmanni Waagen 1907 clam
Trigoniida - Trigonodidae	Trigonodus cf. grandis, Trigonodus wuertembergicus n. sp., Trigonodus sp., Trigonodus pygmaeus n. sp., Trigonodus singularis n. sp. Trigonodus cf. grandis clam Trigonodus wuertembergicus n. sp. clam Trigonodus sp. Alberti 1864 clam Trigonodus pygmaeus n. sp. clam Trigonodus singularis n. sp. clam
Chondrichthyes
Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae	Palaeobates sp. Palaeobates sp. elasmobranch