Wattendorf Plattenkalk Lagestaette: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Elopidae
Anaethalion sp. White 1938
Actinopteri - Pholidophoriformes - Pleuropholidae
Pleuropholis sp. Egerton 1858
Actinopteri - Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae
Pholidophorus sp. Agassiz 1832
Actinopteri - Orthogonikleithridae
Leptolepides sp. Nybelin 1974
Actinopteri - Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae
Ascalabos sp. Münster 1839
synonym of Leptolepis
Tharsis sp. Giebel 1848
synonym of Leptolepis
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bavaria
Coordinates: 50.0° North, 11.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.3° North, 19.2° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Kimmeridgian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Late/Upper Kimmeridgian Zone: Aulacostephanus eudoxus
Age range of interval:152.20000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Torleite
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified packstone
Lithology description: plattenkalk
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression,adpression
Lagerst�tten type:conservation
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Abundance in sediment:common
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:150583
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-09-10 23:06:17 Last modified:2013-09-10 08:06:17
Access level:the public Released:2013-09-10 23:06:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

48156. P. Chellouche, F. T. Fürsich, and M. Mäuser. 2012. Taphonomy of neopterygian fishes from the Upper Kimmeridgian Wattendorf Plattenkalk of Southern Germany. Palaeobio Palaeoenv [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]