Posidonien-Schiefer, Ohlmden, Holzmaden: Falciferum, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
|
Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
|
||||||||||
|
Plesiopterys wildi
O'Keefe 2004
|
O'Keefe 2004 | |||||||||
| complete skeleton | ||||||||||
|
Ophiuroidea
- Ophiurida
- Aplocomidae
|
||||||||||
|
Sinosura brodiei
(Wright 1866)
|
3 specimens | |||||||||
| 2 complete and 1 fragmentary specimen | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Baden-Würtemberg | County: | Holzmaden |
| Coordinates: | 48.6° North, 9.5° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.8° North, 18.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 374 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| Stage: | Toarcian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 3 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Jurassic - Early/Lower Jurassic | ||
| *International age/stage: | Early/Lower Toarcian - Early/Lower Toarcian | ||
| Key time interval: | Falciferum | Ammonoid zone: | Harpoceras falciferum |
| Age range of interval: | 184.20000 - 182.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Posidonienschiefer |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | all |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Collection size: | 3 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 31896 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Villier, M. Uhen | Enterer: | L. Villier, F. Marx |
| Modifier: | R. Benson | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-05-28 11:06:14 | Last modified: | 2013-09-17 02:07:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-05-28 11:06:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8559. | H. Hess. 1991. Neue Schlangensterne aus dem Toarcium und Aalenium des Schwäbischen Jura (Baden-Württemberg). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, serie B, Geologie und Paläontologie 180:1-11 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier] |
Secondary references:
| 30513 | F. R. O'Keefe. 2004. Preliminary description and phylogenetic position of a new plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Toarcian of Holzmaden, Germany. Journal of Paleontology 78(5):973-988 [M. Uhen/F. Marx] |