Bore Lullingen 2, depth 35-40m (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)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; unlithified, fine-grained siliciclastic sediments

Size classes: macrofossils, 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 62945: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 02.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
Nodosariata
 Robertinida - Ceratobuliminidae
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides lobatulus
incl. 3 specimens C. lobatulus var. ornatus
Cibicides dutemplei dOrbigny 1846
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
  - Chilostomellidae
Sphaeroidina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
  - Spiroplectamminidae
 Asterigerinacea - Asterigerinidae
Asterigerina guerichi
A. gürichi staeschi
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
"Portlandia (Yoldiella) pygmaea" = Yoldiella1
"Portlandia (Yoldiella) pygmaea" = Yoldiella1 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae