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Annelid Worm
Kingdom: Animalia
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Tithonium
Weissjura Group
Painten Formation
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Length: 6 cm
Hienheim
Kelheim District
Bavaria
Germany
Taxonomy from Schweigert et al. 1998.
Description by Schweigert et al. 1998, p. 28 (translated from German by oilshale):"Muensteria vermicularis Sternberg alias Epitrachys rugosus (Eulers) is an elongated, gradually widening structure with a rough, granular surface. Usually it is not strictly straight but slightly curved. Particularly characteristic is a fine striation or wrinkling running transverse to the longitudinal axis. This striation gradually disappears on the broader end, so that it is only dimly discernible in the rock, if at all."
References:
Sternberg, K. M. (1833): Versuch einer geognostisch-botanischen Darstellung der Flora der Vorwelt. II. Band, 5/6: 1-80, 26 Taf.; Prag (J. Spurny).
Ehlers, E. (1869): Über fossile Würmer aus dem lithographischen Schiefer in Bayern.- Palaeontographica, 17: 145-175, 7 Taf.; Cassel.
Schweigert, G., Dietl, G. & Röper, M. (1998): Muensteria vermicularis Sternberg (Vermes, Sabellidae) aus oberjurassischen Plattenkalken Süddeutschlands. Mitt. Bayer. Staatsslg. Paläont. hist. Geol. 38, 25-37.
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