Bore Kevelaer, depth 30m (Miocene of Germany)

Where: North Rhein-Westfalia, Germany (51.6° N, 6.3° E: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 4.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• Reinbek-Dingdener stage

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, fine-grained, micaceous, brown, silty sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: core, mechanical, peroxide, sieve,

• well drilling, 1994

Primary reference: G. Wienrich. 1997. Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 1 Foraminiferen, Anthozoen. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden 1:1-187 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62898: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
Martinottiella communis Huang et al. 2019
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
 Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae
Uvigerina semiornata
5 specimens U. semiornata for. semiornata, 3 specimens U. semiornata for. karreri and 1 specimen U. semiornata for. brunnensis
 Asterigerinacea - Asterigerinidae
Asterigerina guerichi
A. gürichi staeschi
 Discorbacea - Bagginidae
Cancris auriculus Fichtel and Moll 1798
  - Spiroplectamminidae
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides dutemplei dOrbigny 1846
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte (Astarte) radiata1 Nyst and Westendorp 1839 clam
Astarte radiata fa. convexior
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Pseudantalis aturensis" = Dentalium (Pseudantilis)1 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Chrysallida (Pyrgulina) pygmaea3 Grateloup 1838 snail
Ch. pygmaea f. belgica
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"Bittium (Bittium) spina" = Bittium spina2
"Bittium (Bittium) spina" = Bittium spina2 Partsch 1856 cerith snail