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Emileia (Emileia) contrahens (Buckman 1927)
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Taxonomy
Ammonite
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Otoitidae
Genus: Emileia (Emileia)
Species: Emileia (Emileia) contrahens
Author Citation Buckmann 1927
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Middle
International Age: Early Bajocian
Stratigraphy
Wedelsandstein Formation
Lower Wedelsandstein Member
Biostratigraphy
Ovale zone
Bed X (in Ohmert 1988)
Provenance
Collector: Roger Furze
Date Collected: 07/09/2005
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 cm
Location
Scheffheu Section
Wutachtal
Baden-Wuerttemberg
Germany
Comments
Old German Chronostratigraphy: Dogger(Braun Jura) delta
This specimen represents the stratigraphically oldest record of the genus Emileia in Germany and one of the oldest records worldwide (Dietze el al. 2008).
Donated to the Stuttgart Museum for Natural History (SMNS #67602)
Literature: Dietze et al, (2010): Rare Middle Jurassic ammonites of the families Erycitidae, Otoitidae and Stephanoceratidae from southern Germany. Zitteliana A50, 71-88.
Ohmert, W. (1988): The Ovalis Zone (Lower Bajocian) in the type area, Southwestern Germany. – In: R. B. rocha & a. f. SoareS (Eds), 2nd International Symposium on Jurassic Stratigraphy, Lisbon, 255–268.
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