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Oxycerites orbis (Giebel 1852)
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Taxonomy
Ammonite
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Oppeliidae
Genus: Oxycerites
Species: Oxycerites orbis
Author Citation Giebel 1852
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Middle
International Age: Late Bathonian
Stratigraphy
Variansmergel Formation
Biostratigraphy
Orbis zone
Orbis subzone
Provenance
Collector: Roger Furze
Date Collected: 10/08/2011
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Diameter: 21.5 cm
Location
Hondingen
Blumberg
Baden-Wuerttemberg
Germany
Comments
This sample is quite weathered, since it was found on a plowed field in autumn, but it show clearly the flat discus shape which could reach quite large proportions. This species gives its name to the zone and subzone where it occurs.
Old German Chronostratigraphy: Dogger (Braunjura) epsilon
Literature: Dietze,V., Schweigert G., Dietl G. (2014): Chrono-/Biostratigraphie im Mitteljura von SW-Deutschland. 2. Teil: Bathonium. Jh. Ges. Naturkde. Württemberg 170/1, S.191-203.
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