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  • Staufenia discoidea (Quenstedt 1886)


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    Ludwigia

    Taxonomy

    Ammonite

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Cephalopoda
    Order: Ammonitida
    Family: Graphoceratidae
    Genus: Staufenia
    Species: Staufenia discoidea
    Author Citation Quenstedt 1886

    Geological Time Scale

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

    Stratigraphy

    Achdorf Formation

    Biostratigraphy

    murchisonae zone
    Haugi subzone
    Sinon Bank

    Provenance

    Collector: Roger Furze
    Date Collected: 07/21/2013
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Diameter: 12 cm

    Location

    Scheffheu Section
    Wutachtal
    Baden-Wuerttemberg
    Germany

    Comments

    A complete specimen with the shell preserved on one side. The transition from phragmocone to body chamber can be seen on the mold on the reverse side where the shell no longer exists.




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