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  • Pleuroceras solare (Phillips 1829)


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    Ludwigia

    Taxonomy

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Cephalopoda
    Order: Ammonitida
    Family: Amaltheidae
    Genus: Pleuroceras
    Species: Pleuroceras solare
    Author Citation Phillips 1829

    Geological Time Scale

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

    Stratigraphy

    Amaltheenton-Formation

    Biostratigraphy

    Spinatum Zone
    hawskerense subzone
    Spinatum Bank

    Provenance

    Collector: Roger Furze
    Date Collected: 07/16/2011
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Diameter: 4.5 cm

    Location

    Clay pit
    Buttenheim
    Bavaria
    Germany

    Comments

    Remnants of the original aragonite shell were still on this fossil when found, but they were removed in order to expose the pyritized steinkern mold. The overwhelming majority of the fossils at Buttenheim show this type of preservation, although pure or partial calcite molds also occur. This is also the index fossil for the solare subzone, which is only recognized in Germany. For information on identification of this species see Pleuroceras spinatum under Collections.

     

    Old German Chronostratigraphy: Lias (Schwarzjura) delta

    Literature: Simonsen,S. et al (2012): Die Tongrube Buttenheim, 2. überarbeitete Auflage, Verlag Der Steinkern




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