Muensteria vermicularis Sternberg 1833

Taxonomy

Annelid Worm

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida Lamarck, 1809
Class: Polychaeta Grube, 1850
Order: Sabellida Fauchald, 1977
Family: Sabellidae Malmgren, 1868
Genus: Muensteria
Species: Muensteria vermicularis
Author Citation Sternberg 1833

Geological Time Scale

Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Tithonium

Stratigraphy

Weissjura Group
Painten Formation

Biostratigraphy

Hybonoticeras hybonotum Zone
Subplanites ruepellianus Zone

Provenance

Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

Dimensions

Length: 6 cm

Location

Hienheim
Kelheim District
Bavaria
Germany

• hienheim
• jurassic
• kelheim
• muensteria
• painten formation
• tff-oilshale-an2730
• tithonian

Comments

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.