Bed 51, Kernbohrung Wittnau, Baden-Württemberg: Levesquei, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherelloidea cadomensis
Cytherella reticuloornata
Cytherella toarcensis Bizon 1960
common category
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Progonocytheridae
Kinkelinella costata
common category
Kinkelinella sermoisensis
Kinkelinella fischeri
Ektyphocythere furcata
spelled with current rank as Kinkelinella (Ektyphocythere)
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Protocytheridae
Aaleniella reticulata
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocytheridae
Monoceratina stimulea
Monoceratina scrobiculata
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheruridae
Cytheropterina alafastigata
synonym of Orthonotacythere
Cytheropterina cribna
synonym of Orthonotacythere
Eucytherura liassica
Acrocythere michelseni
common category
Otocythere callosa
common category
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocyprididae
Bythocypris dorisae
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844
Ostracoda - Podocopida
Praeschuleridea aspera
Praeschuleridea gallemannica
Praeschuleridea punctulata
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Candonidae
Paracypris informal sp.1 Sars 1866
common category
Ostracoda
Infracytheropteron supraliassicum
Ostracoda - Myodocopida - Polycopidae
Polycope sp.
common category
Polycope discus
Polycope pelta Fischer 1961
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Pseudolioceras sp.
Buckmanites buckmani
synonym of Pseudolioceras
Dumortieria sp.
Dumortieria subundulata
Dumortieria nicklesi
Dumortieria radians (Reinecke 1818)
Dumortieria cf. striatulocostata (Quenstedt 1885)
Dumortieria moorei (Lycett 1857)
Dumortieria pseudoradiosa (Branco 1879)
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Megateuthididae
Acrocoelites sp.
Acrocoelites subgracilis
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Hastitidae
Rhabdobelus exilis Orbigny 1971
synonym of Rhabdobelus avena
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Hsuidae
cf. Parahsuum sp. Yao 1982
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Bagotidae
cf. Droltus sp. Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
Orbiculiforma informal sp. A Pessagno 1973
? Spongostaurus sp. Haeckel 1882
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae
? Spongotripus sp.
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella aff. corpulenta De Wever 1981
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
cf. Crucella sp. Pessagno 1971
Hormosinidae
Rheophax metensis
original and current combination Reophax
Robuloididae
Falsopalmula tenuistriata
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Ammobaculites subcretaceus Cushman and Alexander 1930
Nodosariata - Robertinida - Ceratobuliminidae
Reinholdella traubensis
Nodosariata - Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina dorbignyi
ssp. dorbignyi
unclassified
Marginulina breviformis
spelled with current rank as Cristellaria (Marginulina)
Coccolithophyceae - Schizosphaerellaceae
Schizosphaerella sp. Deflandre and Dangeard 1938
Coccolithophyceae - Watznaueriales - Watznaueriaceae
Lotharingius velatus Bown and Cooper 1989
Watznaueria aff. contracta
Coccolithophyceae - Podorhabdales - Biscutaceae
Discorhabdus criotus Bown 1987
Coccolithophyceae - Podorhabdales - Cretarhabdaceae
Retecapsa incompta Bown 1987
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 48.0° North, 7.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.0° North, 17.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:491 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Toarcian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 3
Key time interval:Levesquei
Age range of interval:182.00000 - 174.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Jurensismergel
Local section:Kernbohrung Wittnau Local bed:51
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Bed at a depth of 96.9 m with a thickness of 1.9 m; levesquei zone; boundary of levesquei and moorei subzone lies within this bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified claystone
Lithology description: The beds frequently contain accumulated biodetritus, mainly Echinodermata-debris and Bivalve-shell. The marly claystone is subdivided through layers of pyrite nodules, accumulations of limeconcretions and finley distributed Bivalve-(Bositra)-shell, having a quite disturbed sedimentsuccesion.
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: In the south-german basin (Süddeutsches Becken) located at the northern margin of the Thetys. About 50 km away from shore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils,some microfossils
Collection methods:core,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:59431
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:T. Schossleitner
Modifier:A. Khan Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2006-04-03 02:49:44 Last modified:2013-08-20 16:34:21
Access level:the public Released:2006-04-03 02:49:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

17049. W. Ohmert, V. Allia C. Arias et al. 1996. Die Grenzziehung Unter-/Mitteljura (Toarcium/Aalenium) bei Wittnau und Fuentelsaz [Determinig the boundary between Toarcium/Aalenium near Wittnau and Fuentelsaz]. Informationen Geologisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg 8:1-52 [W. Kiessling/T. Schossleitner]