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Macrocephalites macrocephalus (Schlotheim 1813)
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By Ludwigia (edited)
Taxonomy
Ammonite
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Macrocephalitidae
Genus: Macrocephalites
Species: Macrocephalites macrocephalus
Author Citation Schlotheim 1813
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Middle
International Age: Early Callovian
Stratigraphy
Wutach Formation
Biostratigraphy
Macrocephalus zone
Macrocephalus subzone
Provenance
Collector: Roger Furze
Date Collected: 09/11/2011
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Diameter: 15 cm
Location
Riedböhringen
Blumberg
Baden-Wuerttemberg
Germany
- a597
- blumberg
- lower callovian
- macrocephalites macrocephalus
- macrocephalus zone
- middle jurassic
- wutach formation
Comments
This sample was also found on a plowed field, therefore the weather has gotten to it somewhat. What is seen is only a part of the phragmocone. These creatures certainly have earned their name. This is the index species for zone and subzone.
Lithology: Macrocephalen-Oolith
Old German Chronostratigraphy: Dogger (Braunjura) zeta
Literature: Dietl, G. (2010): Die Wutach-Formation (clw) des südwestdeutschen Juras - Beschreibung und Gliederung. Jh. Ges. Naturkde. Württemberg. 166. S.5-21
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