Dudelange-Zoufftgen Section, Bed 4 (Jurassic of Luxembourg)

Where: Luxembourg (49.5° N, 6.1° E: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 15.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bifrons (182.0 - 175.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

• marnes avec Catacoeloceras et Hildoceras, bélemnites en champs de bataille avec nodules phosphatés à la base (Pl.1, fig.6), aiguilles de gypse, bois. Au tamisage: microfaune de résidus de poissons, foraminifères, gastéropodes, scaphopodes, coprolithes, galets, gypse, pyrite

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2003

Collection methods: sieve,

Primary reference: D. Delsate and R. Weis. 2010. La Couche à Crassum (Toarcien moyen) au Luxembourg: stratigraphie et faunes de la coupe de Dudelange-Zoufftgen. Ferrantia 62:35-62 [M. Aberhan/T. Schossleitner/T. Schossleitner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 141382: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 26.03.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Gnathostomata
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Actinopterygii indet.
Actinopterygii indet. ray-finned fish
Actinopteri
 Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae
Leptolepis sp.
Leptolepis sp. Agassiz 1832
 Holostei - Dapediidae
Dapediidae indet.
Chondrichthyes
 Euselachii -
Synechodontiformes indet., Jurobatos sp.
Synechodontiformes indet. Duffin and Ward 1993 elasmobranch
Jurobatos sp. Thies 1983 elasmobranch
 Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Palaeobrachaelurus sp.
Palaeobrachaelurus sp. Thies 1983 carpet shark
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
"Heterodontus" duffini
"Heterodontus" duffini Thies 1983 bullhead shark
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Hildoceras semipolitum, Hildoceras bifrons
Hildoceras semipolitum Buckman 1902 ammonite
Hildoceras bifrons Bruguiere 1792 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Dactylioceratidae
Catacoeloceras crassum
Catacoeloceras crassum Young and Bird 1828 ammonite
 Belemnitida -
Simpsonibelus dorsalis
 Belemnitida - Megateuthididae
Acrocoelites glaber, Acrocoelites sp., Acrocoelites levidensis, Acrocoelites cf. riegrafi, Acrocoelites vulgaris, "Acrocoelites wrighti" = Dactyloteuthis wrighti
Acrocoelites sp. belemnite
Acrocoelites levidensis Simpson 1855 belemnite
Acrocoelites cf. riegrafi Doyle 1992 belemnite
Acrocoelites vulgaris Young and Bird 1822 belemnite
"Acrocoelites wrighti" = Dactyloteuthis wrighti Oppel 1856 belemnite
Scaphopoda
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Scaphopoda indet.
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862 tusk shell
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Foraminifera
 Foraminifera -
Foraminifera indet.
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp.
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804