upper Muschelkalk, Schlotheim area, Thüringen: Ladinian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Anomya sp.
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Ceratites nodosus (Bruguière 1789)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Pecten alberti (Goldfuss 1838)
recombined as Leptochondria albertii
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten tenuistriatus Goldfuss 1833
Pecten discites (Schlotheim 1820)
recombined as Entolium discites
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia subglobosa Credner 1854
Gervillia socialis (Schlotheim 1823)
recombined as Hoernesia socialis
Gervillia costata (Schlotheim 1820)
recombined as Bakevellia costata
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea astrocina
Ostrea reniformis Münster 1863
Ostrea subanomia Münster 1856
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Anoplophora musculoides
synonym of Unionites
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Myophoria simplex
Myophoria alata
Myophoria vulgaris (von Schlotheim 1820)
original and current combination Trigonellites vulgaris
Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aplocomidae
Acroura armata Picard 1886
2 individuals
synonym of Arenorbis squamosus
Aspidura coronaeformis Picard 1858
synonym of Arenorbis squamosus
numerous
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus obliquus Agassiz 1834
synonym of Hybodus longiconus
Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Gyrolepis tenuistriatus Agassiz 1835
synonym of Gyrolepis albertii
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Thuringia
Coordinates: 51.2° North, 10.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.5° North, 17.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Ladinian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Ladinian Ammonoid zone: nodosus
Age range of interval:242.00000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Muschelkalk
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:deep subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Abundance in sediment:few
Articulated whole bodies:some
Associated major elements:some
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:89457
Authorizer:L. Villier Enterer:L. Villier
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-05-22 05:08:26 Last modified:2022-11-09 16:00:02
Access level:the public Released:2009-05-22 05:08:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

26740. K. Picard. 1886. Über Ophiuren aus dem Oberen Muschelkalk bei Schlotheim in Thüringen. Zeitschrift der Deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft 38:876 [L. Villier/L. Villier]