Dudelange-Zoufftgen Section, Bed 5: Variabilis, Luxembourg
collected 2003

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Nodosariata - Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
"Heterodontus" duffini Thies 1983
Chondrichthyes - Protospinacidae
Protospinax sp. Woodward 1919
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus sp. Woodward 1888
Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii indet. Cope 1887
Actinopteri - Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae
Leptolepis sp. Agassiz 1832
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceras onychograptum
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Phymatoceratidae
Haugia variabilis (d'Orbigny 1845)
Haugia navis (Dumortier 1874)
synonym of Haugia variabilis
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Pseudolioceras compactile (Simpson 1855)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Dactylioceratidae
Catacoeloceras crassum (Young and Bird 1828)
Catacoeloceras raquinianum (d'Orbigny 1845)
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Megateuthididae
Dactyloteuthis irregularis (von Schlotheim 1813)
Dactyloteuthis digitalis (Blainville 1827)
Acrocoelites wrighti (Oppel 1856)
recombined as Dactyloteuthis wrighti
Dactyloteuthis semistriata (Muenster 1830)
Acrocoelites sp.
Acrocoelites cf. riegrafi (Doyle 1992)
Acrocoelites levidensis (Simpson 1855)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Pseudomytiloides sp. Koschelkina 1963
see common names

Geography
Country:Luxembourg
Coordinates: 49.5° North, 6.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.3° North, 15.8° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:295 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Toarcian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 3
Key time interval:Variabilis
Age range of interval:182.00000 - 174.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Dudelange-Zoufftgen Local bed:5
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Illustris et Variabilis subzone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: marly limestone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection dates:2003
Metadata
Database number:141383
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:T. Schossleitner
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-03-26 21:51:18 Last modified:2014-07-16 12:48:26
Access level:the public Released:2013-03-26 21:51:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

45978. 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]