PBDB Collection

Eberstadt, Heilbronn (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.2° N, 9.3° E: paleocoordinates 21.4° N, 14.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Schilfsandstein Member (Stuttgart Formation), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 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 Austin Hendy

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Asmussia sp. n. sp. Asmussia sp. n. sp.
Clathrophyllum meriani
-	Clathrophyllum meriani Clathrophyllum meriani Brongniart 1862
Polypodiopsida
Equisetales - Equisetidae	Neocalamites meriani, Equisetites sp. Neocalamites meriani Equisetites sp. Sternberg 1833
Danaeopsis
-	Danaeopsis rumphi, Danaeopsis marantacea Danaeopsis rumphi Danaeopsis marantacea
Pinopsida
Pinales -	Widdringtonites keuperianus Widdringtonites keuperianus
Voltziopsida
Voltziales - Voltziaceae	Voltzia coburgensis Voltzia coburgensis Schauroth 1852

Bennettitales -	Pterophyllum sp. Pterophyllum sp. Brongniart 1828
Coniferales -	Desmiophyllum imhoffi Desmiophyllum imhoffi
Equisetopsida
Pinidae - Pinidae	Pagiophyllum foetterlei Pagiophyllum foetterlei
Dioonitocarpidium
-	Dioonitocarpidium pennaeforme Dioonitocarpidium pennaeforme
Chondrichthyes
Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae	Palaeobates sp. Palaeobates sp. elasmobranch
Bivalvia
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
Pholadida - Pleuromyidae	Pleuromya curta n. sp., Pleuromya nitens n. sp. Pleuromya curta n. sp. clam Pleuromya nitens n. sp. clam
Cardiida - Kalenteridae	Myoconcha aperina n. sp., Myoconcha longaperina n. sp., Myoconcha ovulum n. sp., Myoconcha sp., Myoconcha scalprosa n. sp., Myoconcha cf. woehrmanni, Myoconcha aff. aquatensis 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 cf. woehrmanni clam Myoconcha aff. aquatensis 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
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
Mytilida - Mytilidae	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, Lithophaga lennachensis n. sp., Lithophaga buchhornensis n. sp., Lithophaga producta n. sp., Lithophaga vermiculata n. sp., 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. Mytilus sulmensis n. sp. mussel Mytilus hasta n. sp. mussel Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel Mytilus acutefinitus n. sp. mussel includes ssp. minor Mytilus avirostrum n. sp. mussel Mytilus peregrinus n. sp. mussel "Modiolus cf. minutus" = Mytilus minutus Goldfuss 1837 mussel Lithophaga lennachensis n. sp. mussel Lithophaga buchhornensis n. sp. mussel Lithophaga producta n. sp. mussel Lithophaga vermiculata n. sp. mussel Modiolus eberstadtensis n. sp. mussel includes var. intermedius Modiolus suprarectus n. sp. mussel Modiolus transiens n. sp. mussel Modiolus mediocarinatus n. sp. mussel Modiolus triangulus n. sp. mussel Modiolus formosissimus n. sp. mussel Modiolus minalatus n. sp. mussel Modiolus parallelus n. sp. mussel Modiolus parvoblongus n. sp. mussel
Myalinida - Myalinidae	Aviculomyalina angusta n. sp., Myalina rotundata n. sp. Aviculomyalina angusta n. sp. clam Myalina rotundata n. sp. clam
Ostreida - Bakevelliidae	Gervillia sp. Gervillia sp. Defrance 1820 oyster
Ostreida - Pinnidae	Pinna mediokeuperina n. sp. Pinna mediokeuperina n. sp. oyster
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	? Gryphaea sp. ? Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster
Arcida - Parallelodontidae	"Macrodon aff. beyrichi" = Parallelodon beyrichii "Macrodon aff. beyrichi" = Parallelodon beyrichii Strombeck 1849 clam
Branchiopoda
Diplostraca - Cyzicidae	Cyzicus laxitextus, Cyzicus cf. dorsorectus, Cyzicus minutus Cyzicus laxitextus clam shrimp ssp. laxitextus and multireticulatus Cyzicus cf. dorsorectus clam shrimp Cyzicus minutus clam shrimp