Where: Germany (48.1° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 17.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Oxfordian to Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
• White Jurassic Alpha and Beta
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. Pisera. 1997. Upper Jurassic siliceous sponges from the Swabian Alb: taxonomy and paleoecology. Palaeontologia Polonica 57:3-216 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 74036: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.07.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida | |
Sporadopyle obliqua Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Sporadopyle pusilla Schrammen 1937 glass sponge | |
Trochobolus cylindratus Oppliger 1915 glass sponge
Trochobolus labyrinthicus Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
Trochobolus texatus Goldfuss 1833 glass sponge
Pachyteichisma lopas Quenstedt 1877 glass sponge | |
"Placotelia marcoui" = Discophyma, "Placotelia laciniata" = Discophyma, "? Placotelia sp. n. sp." = Discophyma
"Placotelia marcoui" = Discophyma glass sponge
"Placotelia laciniata" = Discophyma glass sponge
"? Placotelia sp. n. sp." = Discophyma Oppliger 1915 glass sponge | |
? Cypellia sp. n. sp. Pomel 1872 glass sponge
Cypellia trabeculata Quenstedt 1878 glass sponge
Cypellia caliciformis Oppliger 1907 glass sponge
Cypellia rugosa Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge | |
? Cribrospongia tesselata, Cribrospongia reticulata, Cribrospongia elegans, "Walcotella pertusa" = Keuppiella pertusa
? Cribrospongia tesselata glass sponge
Cribrospongia reticulata Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Cribrospongia elegans Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
"Walcotella pertusa" = Keuppiella pertusa Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge | |
Stauroderma lochense glass sponge | |
Tremaphorus apertus Oppliger 1915 glass sponge
? Tremaphorus tenuis Oppliger 1915 glass sponge
Porospongia marginata Goldfuss 1829 glass sponge | |
Polypyge pusilla, Verrucocoelia verrucosa, Linonema calyx, Ordinatus texturatus, Ramispongia ramosa, Megalodictyon fretreulensis
Polypyge pusilla Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
Verrucocoelia verrucosa Goldfuss 1829 glass sponge
Linonema calyx Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
Ordinatus texturatus Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Ramispongia ramosa Quenstedt 1877 glass sponge
Megalodictyon fretreulensis Oppliger 1926 glass sponge | |
Laocoetis sp., Laocoetis arborescens, "Laocoetis lineata" = Dictyonocoelia lineatum, "Laocoetis schweiggeri" = Dictyonocoelia schweiggeri, "Laocoetis parallela" = Craticularia parallela
Laocoetis sp. Pomel 1872 glass sponge
Laocoetis arborescens Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
"Laocoetis lineata" = Dictyonocoelia lineatum Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
"Laocoetis schweiggeri" = Dictyonocoelia schweiggeri Goldfuss 1829 glass sponge
"Laocoetis parallela" = Craticularia parallela Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Lecanella pateraeformis Zittel 1878 demosponge | |
Platychonia schlotheimi, "Platychonia striata" = Chonellopsis striata
Platychonia schlotheimi Goldfuss 1833 demosponge
"Platychonia striata" = Chonellopsis striata Schrammen 1937 demosponge | |
Cnemidiastrum stellatum, "Cnemidiastrum rimulosum" = Cnemopeltia (Cnemopeltia) rimulosum
Cnemidiastrum stellatum Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
"Cnemidiastrum rimulosum" = Cnemopeltia (Cnemopeltia) rimulosum Goldfuss 1826 demosponge | |
Sontheimia cf. parasitica Kolb 1910 demosponge
Sontheimia perforata Kolb 1910 demosponge | |
Cylindrophyma milleporata Goldfuss 1826 demosponge |