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Muschekalk, Bayreuth, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

FormationMuschekalk
Age:247 - 242 Ma
Triassic
IntervalAnisian
Lithologylimestone
Number of Collections2
Number of Occurrences6

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
LaineckBayreuth, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, GermanyMuschekalk

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Muschelkalk242 - 235 Ma
Triassic
limestone, "limestone"/claystone142

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Birgeria costata
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Birgeriidae : Birgeria : Birgeria costata247.2 - 242 Ma
Triassic
Saurichthys apicalis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Saurichthyidae : Saurichthys : Saurichthys apicalis247.2 - 242 Ma
Triassic
Saurichthys semicostatus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Saurichthyidae : Saurichthys : Saurichthys semicostatus247.2 - 242 Ma
Triassic
Acrodus lateralis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Acrodontidae : Acrodus : Acrodus lateralis247.2 - 242 Ma
Triassic
Palaeobates angustissimus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Acrodontidae : Palaeobates : Palaeobates angustissimus247.2 - 242 Ma
Triassic
? no name ?
100247.2 - 242 Ma
Triassic

References

Woodward A. S. , Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1, 1-613
Münster G. Ueber einige merkwürdige Fische aus dem Kupferschiefer und dem Muschelkalk, Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 1, 114-121
Huene F. v. (1905) Trias-Dinosaurier Europas [European Triassic dinosaurs], Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 57, 345-349
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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