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

Branchiopoda
 Diplostraca - Cyzicidae
unclassified
  -
Asmussia sp. n. sp.
Asmussia sp. n. sp.
Branchiopoda
 Diplostraca - Cyzicidae
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Myoconcha aperina n. sp. clam
Myoconcha ovulum n. sp. clam
Myoconcha sp. Sowerby 1824 clam
Myoconcha scalprosa n. sp. clam
Myoconcha cf. woehrmanni Waagen 1907 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya curta n. sp. clam
Pleuromya nitens n. sp. clam
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia keuperina n. sp. clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Homomya simplex n. sp. clam
Homomya bilonga n. sp. clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya altera n. sp. clam
 Trigoniida - Trigonodidae
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Macrodon aff. beyrichi" = Parallelodon beyrichii
"Macrodon aff. beyrichi" = Parallelodon beyrichii Strombeck 1849 clam
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna mediokeuperina n. sp. oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia sp. Defrance 1820 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
? Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalina rotundata n. sp. clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
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 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
Branchiopoda
 Diplostraca - Cyzicidae
Cyzicus minutus clam shrimp
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Palaeobates sp. elasmobranch
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Danaeopsis
  -
Clathrophyllum meriani
  -
Clathrophyllum meriani Brongniart 1862
Dioonitocarpidium
  -
Pinopsida
 Pinales -
Voltziopsida
 Voltziales - Voltziaceae
Voltzia coburgensis Schauroth 1852
 Coniferales -
 Bennettitales -
Pterophyllum sp. Brongniart 1828