Buttenheim - Probe 9: Late/Upper Pliensbachian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Cuneirhynchia lacuna
29 individuals
Gastropoda - Acteoninidae
Ovactaeonina malzi (Schröder 1995)
1 individual
Ovactaeonina abdominiformis (Schröder 1995)
2 individuals
Ovactaeonina sendelbachensis (Kuhn 1936)
4 individuals
Ovactaeonina kalchreuthensis Gründel and Nützel 1998
2 individuals
Ovactaeonina franconica (Kuhn 1935)
1 individual
Gastropoda - Iravadiidae
Kalchreuthia frankei (Kuhn 1936)
92 individuals
original and current combination Pseudomelania frankei
Gastropoda - Cryptaulacidae
Xystrella sp. Cossmann 1906
25 individuals
synonym of Cryptaulax
= Xystrella sp. 1
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Levipleura blainvillei (Munster 1844)
17 individuals
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Cylindrobullinidae
Cylindrobullina domeria
171 individuals
Cylindrobullina rara
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Tofanellidae
Neodonaldina sinuata Gründel and Nützel 1998
1 individual
Scaphopoda
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862
13 individuals
= Scaphopode sp. 1
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862
1 individual
= Scaphopode sp. 2
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida
Progadilina subtrigonalis
1 individual
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Laevidentaliidae
Laevidentalium sp. (Cossmann 1888)
10 individuals
original and current combination Dentalium (Laevidentalium)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Mesosaccella galatea (d'Orbigny 1850)
13 individuals
recombined as Palaeoneilo galatea
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula ungulella
3 individuals
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Nucinellidae
Nucinella sp. Wood 1850
2 individuals
= Nucinella sp. 1
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis (Limopsis) sp. Sassi 1827
3 individuals
= Limopsis (Limopsis) sp. 1
Limopsis (Pectunculina) sp. (d'Orbigny 1843)
1 individual
synonym of Limopsis
= Limopsis (Pectunculina) sp. 1
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon concinnus (Phillips 1829)
2 individuals
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
19 individuals
= Parallelodon sp. 1
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entolioididae
Kolymonectes sp. Bychkov et al. 1976
1 individual
= Kolymonectes sp. 1
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae
Anningella sp. Cox 1958
2 individuals
= Anningella sp. 1
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Meleagrinella sp. Whitfield 1855
1 individual
= Meleagrinella sp. 1
Oxytoma (Oxytoma) sp. Meek 1864
15 individuals
= Oxytoma (Oxytoma) sp. 1
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula spinosa Sowerby 1819
5 individuals
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella (Nicaniella) pumila
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828
4 individuals
= Lucinide sp. 1
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Myoconcha quadricosta
3 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 49.0° North, 11.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.4° North, 18.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Pliensbachian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 2
*Period:Early/Lower Jurassic
*International age/stage:Late/Upper Pliensbachian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pliensbachian
Age range of interval:192.90000 - 184.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray poorly lithified claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,field collection
Collection size:448 individuals
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:23815
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:D. Hempfling
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-07-22 03:19:50 Last modified:2017-07-30 10:57:20
Access level:the public Released:2002-07-22 03:19:50
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
6743. U. Dorner. 2002. Palökologie von Benthosgemeinschaften im Pliensbach von Unterstürmig und Buttenheim (Mittelfranken). [F. Fursich/D. Hempfling/D. Hempfling]