Buttenheim - Probe 12 (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.0° N, 11.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 18.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, gray claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

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

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23818: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 22.07.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
"Mesosaccella galatea" = Palaeoneilo galatea
"Mesosaccella galatea" = Palaeoneilo galatea d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam
= Plagiostoma sp. 1
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Anningella sp. Cox 1958 scallop
= Anningella sp. 1
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma (Oxytoma) sp. Meek 1864 scallop
= Oxytoma (Oxytoma) sp. 1
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula spinosa Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Arcida - Limopsidae
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) sp." = Limopsis
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) sp." = Limopsis Sassi 1827 clam
= Limopsis (Pectunculina) sp. 1
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria sp. Dall 1886 clam
= Cuspidaria sp. 1
Scaphopoda
  -
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862 tusk shell
= Scaphopode sp. 1
 Dentaliida - Laevidentaliidae
Laevidentalium sp. Cossmann 1888 tusk shell
 Dentaliida -
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Cylindrobullinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Acteoninidae
Ovactaeonina kalchreuthensis Gründel and Nützel 1998 snail
Ovactaeonina abdominiformis Schröder 1995 snail
Ovactaeonina franconica Kuhn 1935 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Iravadiidae
Kalchreuthia frankei Kuhn 1936 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cryptaulacidae
"Xystrella sp." = Cryptaulax, "Rhynchocerithium kochi" = Francocerithium kochi
"Xystrella sp." = Cryptaulax snail
= Xystrella sp. 1
"Rhynchocerithium kochi" = Francocerithium kochi Goldfuss 1844 snail
 Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Levipleura blainvillei Munster 1844 snail
 Murchisoniina - Rhaphistomellidae
Sisenna canalis Munster 1844 snail