Rohstoffbetriebe Oker quarry, bed 27, Langenberg (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.9° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 18.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Kimmeridge marls Formation, Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified marl

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, acetic,

• Samples with an average weight of approximately 20 kg were taken preferably from softer marl beds. The carbonate matrix was removed with 5 to 10% acetic acid. The samples were sieved with a 0.3 mm mesh. Material housed at the Institut fur Geologie und Palaontologie der Universitat Hannover.

Primary reference: D. Thies. 1995. Placoid scales (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) of northern Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(3):463-481 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117194: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes -
Asterodermus "sp. 1 morphotype 13" Agassiz 1836 guitarfish
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Palaeoscyllium sp. Wagner 1857 cat shark
 Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus "sp. 2 morphotype 9" Woodward 1888 elasmobranch
 Galeomorphi -
"Galeomorphii "morphotype 11"" = Galeomorphi
"Galeomorphii "morphotype 11"" = Galeomorphi shark
Or Squatinomorphii
 Hybodontiformes -
Hybodontoidea "morphotype 1" Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
Hybodontoidea "morphotype 2" Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch