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  • Parkinsonia parkinsoni (Sowerby 1821)


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    Ludwigia

    Taxonomy

    Ammonite

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Cephalopoda
    Order: Ammonitida
    Family: Parkinsoniidae
    Genus: Parkinsonia
    Species: Parkinsonia parkinsoni
    Author Citation Sowerby 1821

    Geological Time Scale

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

    Stratigraphy

    Sengenthal Formation

    Biostratigraphy

    Parkinsoni zone

    Provenance

    Collector: Roger Furze
    Date Collected: 04/05/2008
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Diameter: 11.5 cm

    Location

    Winnberg quarry
    Sengenthal
    Bavaria
    Germany

    Comments

    The quality of preservation of the fossils at this world famous site is outstanding. This sample is practically complete, just missing the last portion of the body chamber. It gives its species name to both the lithographical unit and the zone.

     

    Lithography: Parkinsonien-Oolith

    Old German Chronostratigraphy: Dogger(Braun Jura) delta

    Literature: Callomon et al (1987): Zur Stratigraphie des Mittel- und unteren Oberjuras in Sengenthal und Neumarkt/Opf. (Fränkische Alb). Stgt. Beitr. B132

                       Schmidt-Kaler et al (1992): Wanderungen in die Erdgeschichte: Sulzkirchen & Sengenthal. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil.




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