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Lumbricaria intestinum Münster in Goldfuss, 1831
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Taxonomy
Coprolite
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Incertae sedis
Class: Incertae sedis
Order: Incertae sedis
Family: Lumbricariidae
Genus: Lumbricaria
Species: Lumbricaria intestinum
Author Citation Münster in Goldfuss, 1831
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Tithonian
Stratigraphy
Weißjura Group
Solnhofen Limestone Formation
Biostratigraphy
Hybonotum Zone
Rueppelianus Subzone
Provenance
Collector: T. Bastelberger
Date Collected: 06/01/1971
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Diameter: 10 cm
Location
Solnhofen
Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district
Bavaria
Germany
Comments
Diagnosis by Kietzmann & Bressan, 2019: Lumbricaria with elongate, bending strings showing overlapping of different parts throughout its length. Cylindrical cross-section. Locally, short segments can appear straight (based on the description emended by Janicke 1970).
Lumbricaria is a trace fossil which is interpreted as the fossilized excrement (coprolite) of cephalopods. This trace genus (Ichnogenus) occurs in the Solnhofen plate limestones and various other similar plate lime occurrences. In the Solnhofen plate limestones, it belongs to the relatively frequent fossils.
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