Dudelange-Zoufftgen Section, Bed 6: Variabilis, Luxembourg
collected 2003

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae
Cenoceras sp. Hyatt 1884
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Megateuthididae
Acrocoelites sp.
Dactyloteuthis semistriata (Muenster 1830)
Dactyloteuthis irregularis (von Schlotheim 1813)
Dactyloteuthis digitalis (Blainville 1827)
Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras supraliasicum Pompeckj 1893
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceras sp. Suess 1865
Lytoceras sp. ind. (nov.?)
Lytoceras cornucopia (Young and Bird 1822)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Pseudolioceras compactile (Simpson 1855)
Harpoceras nitescens Schlegelmilch 1976
Polyplectus discoides (Zittel 1831)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Phymatoceratidae
Haugia illustris (Denckmann 1887)
Haugia jugosa (Sowerby 1815)
Haugia variabilis (d'Orbigny 1844)
Haugia navis (Dumortier 1874)
synonym of Haugia variabilis
Denckmannia sp. Buckmann 1898
synonym of Phymatoceras
Denckmannia sp. ind. (nov.?)
Denckmannia malagma (Dumortier 1874)
Phymatoceras lilli (Hauer 1856)
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Pseudomytiloides sp. Koschelkina 1963
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes
Synechodontiformes indet. Duffin and Ward 1993
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Paracestracion sp. Koken in Zittel 1911
"Heterodontus" duffini Thies 1983
Chondrichthyes - Protospinacidae
Protospinax sp. Woodward 1919
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Palaeobrachaelurus sp. Thies 1983
Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii indet. Cope 1887
Actinopteri - Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae
Leptolepis sp. Agassiz 1832
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 - 175.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Dudelange-Zoufftgen Local bed:6
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:141384
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:T. Schossleitner
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-03-26 21:57:20 Last modified:2014-07-16 12:50:58
Access level:the public Released:2013-03-26 21:57:20
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]