Bank der kleinen Terebrateln, Upper Muschelkalk, Schwabish Hall (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany (49.2° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 15.4° N, 17.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Muschelkalk Group, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• Discoceratite Zone. 1.2-1.4 m thick. Upper Muschelkalk Subgroup

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; concretionary, shelly/skeletal, silty rudstone

• Irregularly bedded, nodular microsparitic biorudites with mud- and silt-streaks. In the lowest and uppermost parts of the unit, mudstone lenses reach several cm in thickness. These parts are characterized by strongly bioturbated, poorly sorted wackestones, whereas the middle part of the unit is dominated by packstones which show several levels with varying particle sizes and packing densities and are generally poor in mud.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Hagdorn. 1982. The "Bank der kleinen Terebrateln" (Upper Muschelkalk, Triassic) near Schwabisch Hall (SW Germany) - a tempestite condensation horizon. Cyclic and Event Stratification 263-285 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 44344: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.09.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Coenothyris sp.
Coenothyris sp. Douvillé 1879
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp.
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema sp.
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritariidae
"Neritaria" sp.
"Neritaria" sp. Koken 1892 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Acteoninidae
"Actaeonina sp." = Acteonina
"Actaeonina sp." = Acteonina d'Orbigny 1850 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula sp.
Palaeonucula sp. Quenstedt 1930 nut clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pleuronectites sp.
Pleuronectites sp. Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma sp.
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis sp.
Placunopsis sp. Morris and Lycett 1853 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Hoernesia sp.
Hoernesia sp. Laube 1865 oyster
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya sp.
Pleuromya sp. Meek 1873 clam
 Carditida - Myophoricardiidae
Pseudocorbula sp.
Pseudocorbula sp. Philippi 1898 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Myophoria sp.
Myophoria sp. Bronn 1834 clam