Holzmaden, G. Fischer quarry, epsilon II/4: Early/Lower Toarcian, Germany
collected 1971 & 1987
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Pachycormiformes
- Pachycormidae
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Pachycormus macropterus
(de Blainville 1818)
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Cooper and Maxwell 2023 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| SMNS 52472 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Rhamphorhynchidae
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Dorygnathus banthensis
(Theodori 1831)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Dimorphodon banthensis | ||||||||||
| SMNS 55886, complete skull and most long bones of the skeleton, disarticulated; SMNS 52998, partial postcranial skeleton | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Hybodus hauffianus
Fraas 1895
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Duffin 1997 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| SMNS 51949 (coll. 1980, H. cf. reticulatus in Maisey 1987), 58749 (coll. 1988) | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Hildoceratidae
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cf. Eleganticeras sp.
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Cooper and Maxwell 2023 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Baden-Württenburg | County: | Esslingen |
| Coordinates: | 48.6° North, 9.5° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.8° North, 17.9° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| Stage: | Toarcian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Toarcian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 184.20000 - 182.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Posidonia Shale | Member: | Lias Epsilon II/4 | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lias ("Schwarzjura") epsilon II/4 (Unterer Schiefer) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | black "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Lagerst�tten type: | conservation |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | none |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | SMNS | Collection dates: | 1971 & 1987 |
| Collection method comments: SMNS 52998 collected no later than 1971. SMNS 55886 collected in 1987 and prepared by Mr Norbert Adorf at SMNS in 1987 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 91672 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, M. Clapham | Enterer: | R. Butler, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-10-13 08:37:09 | Last modified: | 2013-07-31 12:31:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-10-13 08:37:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30856. | K. Padian. 2008. The Early Jurassic pterosaur Dorygnathus banthensis (Theodori, 1830). Special Papers in Palaeontology 80:1-64 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 85779 | S. L. A. Cooper and E. E. Maxwell. 2023. Death by ammonite: fatal ingestion of an ammonoid shell by an Early Jurassic bony fish. Geological Magazine 160:1254-1261 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 44973 | C. J. Duffin. 1997. The dentition of Hybodus hauffianus Fraas, 1895 (Toarcian, Early Jurassic). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 256:1-22 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |