Ostracods from the Upper Jurassic (Oxfordian-Tithonian) of southern Germany

At present the ostracod faunas from the Upper Jurassic of southern Germany are incompletely known due to the absence of detailed studies. This preliminary systematic investigation has yielded 46 species from 25 genera, of which 23 species are left in open nomenclature, while 4 are new species: Bytho...

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Published in:Journal of micropalaeontology 2000-12, Vol.19 (2), p.97-112
Main Authors: Schudack, U, Schudack, M. E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arthropoda
Baden-Wurttemberg Germany
Bavaria Germany
biodiversity
biostratigraphy
Bythoceratina danuvensis
Central Europe
Crustacea
endemic taxa
Endemism
Europe
faunal list
Germany
Invertebrata
invertebrate
Jurassic
Kimmeridgian
Mandibulata
Mesozoic
microfossils
morphology
Nemoceratina urlichsi
New species
new taxa
Nomenclature
Ostracoda
Oxfordian
paleoclimatology
Paleontology
Pokornyopsis
Pokornyopsis punctata
Portlandian
Quasihermanites spiralus
Species diversity
taxonomy
Tithonian
Upper Jurassic
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Summary:At present the ostracod faunas from the Upper Jurassic of southern Germany are incompletely known due to the absence of detailed studies. This preliminary systematic investigation has yielded 46 species from 25 genera, of which 23 species are left in open nomenclature, while 4 are new species: Bythoceratina (Praebythoceratina) danuvensis, Nemoceratina (Pariceratina) urlichsi, Pokornyopsis punctata and Quasihermanites spiralus. Diversity increases through the late Jurassic with 16 species in the Oxfordian, 19 species in the Kimmeridgian, and 23 species in the Tithonian. Endemism is lowest in the Oxfordian, while highest in the Kimmeridgian.
ISSN:0262-821X
2041-4978
2041-4978
DOI:10.1144/jm.19.2.97