Gastropods from the Early/Middle Jurassic transition of Franconia (Southern Germany)
Journal: Bulletin of Geosciences
Year: 2013

A rich gastropod fauna is decribed from the Early/Middle Jurassic boundary (late Toarcian/early Aalenian) of Franconia (N Bavaria, South Germany). It comprises 35 nominate species and additional 9 species are treated in open nomenclature. With a few exceptions, the studied material comes from the Jurensismergel and the Opalinuston formations of the Mistelgau clay pit near Bayreuth. These sediments represent marine soft bottom environments. Gastropods are the most diverse and the most abundant gr