Moorberg claypit at Sarstedt (Upper Aalenian) (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (52.2° N, 9.9° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 18.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Aalenian (175.6 - 171.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: Repository: Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie der Universität Hannover (IGPH)

Primary reference: D. Thies. 1989. Some problematical sharks teeth (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii) from the Early and Middle Jurassic of Germany. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 63:103-117 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 139231: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.02.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Palaeobrachaelurus "sp. 1", Palaeobrachaelurus "sp. 2"
Palaeobrachaelurus "sp. 1" Thies 1983 carpet shark
IGPH 88-II-2
Palaeobrachaelurus "sp. 2" Thies 1983 carpet shark
IGPH 88-II-3
 Orectolobiformes - Rhinocodontidae
? Palaeorhincodon sp.
? Palaeorhincodon sp. Herman 1975 carpet shark
IGPH 88-II-5
 Orectolobiformes - Brachaeluridae
? Paraginglymostoma sp.
? Paraginglymostoma sp. Herman 1982 carpet shark
IGPH 88-II-4
 Orectolobiformes -
Annea sp., Annea carinata
Annea sp. Thies 1983 carpet shark
IGPH 88-II-7, 8, 9
Annea carinata Thies 1983 carpet shark
IGPH 88-II-6