Bore Lullingen 2, depth 31m (Miocene of Germany)

Where: North Rhein-Westfalia, Germany (51.5° N, 6.2° E: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 4.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; unlithified, fine-grained 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 62934: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 02.08.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• rare = 2-4 specimens, not common = 5-10 specimens, common = 11-50 specimens, very common = >51 specimens
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Globulina gibba d'Orbigny 1832
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides lobatulus
C. lobatulus var. ornatus
Cibicides dutemplei dOrbigny 1846
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
  -
"Marginulina akneriana" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina akneriana" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
  - Chilostomellidae
  - Spiroplectamminidae
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
Martinottiella communis Huang et al. 2019
 Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae
Uvigerina semiornata
U. semiornata for. semiornata
 Discorbacea - Bagginidae
Cancris auriculus Fichtel and Moll 1798
 Asterigerinacea - Asterigerinidae
Asterigerina guerichi
80 specimens A. gürichi staeschi and 3 specimens A. gürichi frankei
Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Balcis (Balcis) alba2 snail
B. alba for. lactea
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
"Ancilla (Baryspira) obsoleta" = Amalda obsoleta2
"Ancilla (Baryspira) obsoleta" = Amalda obsoleta2 Brocchi 1814 snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Conus (Conolithus) sensu lato antediluvianus" = Conus (Conolithes)3
"Conus (Conolithus) sensu lato antediluvianus" = Conus (Conolithes)3 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Sorgenfreispira tenella3 Conrad 1848 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Lyrotyphis (Eotyphis) fistulosus2, "Murex (Haustellum) inornatus" = Haustellum2
"Murex (Haustellum) inornatus" = Haustellum2 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Sveltia varicosa2 snail
S. varicosa paucicostata
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet.2 Guilding 1834 moon snail
Naticidae juv. et indet.
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon (Acteon) semistriatus3 snail
spelled as 'Actaeon'
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
 Thecosomata - Limacinidae
Limacina valvatina3 Reuss 1867 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Arcida - Limopsidae
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) anomala" = Limopsis1 clam
Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita1 Brocchi 1814 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis1
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis1 Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba1 Oliva 1792 clam
C. (V.) gibba gibba
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima1 Montagu 1803 venus clam
Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella1 Lamarck 1818 venus clam
V. (V.) multilamella multilamella
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Nuculana (Saccella) westendorpi" = Saccella westendorpi1
"Nuculana (Saccella) westendorpi" = Saccella westendorpi1 Nyst and Westendorp 1839 pointed nut clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Pseudantalis aturensis" = Dentalium (Pseudantilis)1 tusk shell
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae