Hochwang, sponge-microbialite bioherms (Jurassic of Germany)

Also known as Reef 2758

Where: Germany (48.5° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 17.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• Upper White Jurassic Gamma and White Jurassic Delta

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone and lithified shale

• numerous small bioherms in limestones and marls, sponges were collected from the bioherms and marls

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 74063: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.07.2007

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Taxonomic list

Hexactinellida
 Lychniscosa - Sporadopylidae
"Sporadopyle sp. n. sp." = Favispongia Quenstedt 1878 glass sponge
Sporadopyle obliqua Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Sporadopyle pusilla Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Pachyteichismatidae
Trochobolus cylindratus Oppliger 1915 glass sponge
Trochobolus dentatus Kolb 1910 glass sponge
Trochobolus labyrinthicus Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
Trochobolus cupulus Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
Trochobolus texatus Goldfuss 1833 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
Lychniscaulus vannus Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae
Desmoderma evestigata Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Cypelliidae
"Cypellia prolifera" = Paracypellia prolifera, Cypellia rugosa
"Cypellia prolifera" = Paracypellia prolifera Zittel 1878 glass sponge
Cypellia rugosa Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
 Hexasterophora -
Hexactinosa indet. Schrammen 1903 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Aulocalycidae
Polygonatium sphaeroides Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa -
"Rhabdium angustatum" = Octobrum angustatum
"Rhabdium angustatum" = Octobrum angustatum Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
Cribrospongia reticulata Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Cribrospongia elegans Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
Erineum minutum Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
"Walcotella pertusa" = Keuppiella pertusa Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Staurodermatidae
 Hexactinosa -
Porospongia marginata Goldfuss 1829 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Euretidae
"Aulodomus farreides" = Eurete (Aulodomus) farreides Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
Linonema calyx Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
Ordinatus texturatus Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Ramispongia ramosa Quenstedt 1877 glass sponge
 Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Pachyascus formosus Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
Laocoetis clathrata Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Laocoetis procumbens Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Laocoetis striatopunctata Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
Laocoetis tubifera Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
"Laocoetis lineata" = Dictyonocoelia lineatum Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
"Laocoetis schweiggeri" = Dictyonocoelia schweiggeri Goldfuss 1829 glass sponge
Sphenaulax costata Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Sphenaulax irregularis Pisera 1997 glass sponge
Pycnocalyptra sp. Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
Demospongiae
 Monalithistida - Lecanellidae
Lecanella pateraeformis Zittel 1878 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Seliscothonidae
Trachydictya sp. Pomel 1872 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Discostromatidae
"Pyrgochonia acetabulum" = Pyrgochonia (Pyrgochonia) acetabulum Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
Hyalotragos pezizoides Goldfuss 1833 demosponge
Hyalotragos patella Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Platychoniidae
Platychonia schlotheimi Goldfuss 1833 demosponge
"Platychonia folium" = Chonellopsis folium Schrammen 1937 demosponge
"Platychonia striata" = Chonellopsis striata Schrammen 1937 demosponge
Amphibleptula jurassica Pisera 1997 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Cnemidiastridae
"Cnemidiastrum pluristellatum" = Cnemidiastrum (Tremastrum) pluristellatum, "Cnemidiastrum rimulosum" = Cnemopeltia (Cnemopeltia) rimulosum
"Cnemidiastrum pluristellatum" = Cnemidiastrum (Tremastrum) pluristellatum Zittel 1878 demosponge
"Cnemidiastrum rimulosum" = Cnemopeltia (Cnemopeltia) rimulosum Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Azoricidae
"Cytoracea variabilis" = Cytoracia variabilis
"Cytoracea variabilis" = Cytoracia variabilis Kolb 1910 demosponge
 Megalithistida - Carterellidae
 Megalithistida - Pleromatidae
? Heterostinia sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Corallistidae
Leiocarenus planus Schrammen 1937 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Cylindrophymatidae
Coscinodiscus sp. Schrammen 1937 demosponge
Cylindrophyma milleporata Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
Melonella radiata Quenstedt 1858 demosponge
 Choristida - Helminthophyllidae
Helminthophyllum cf. feifeli Schrammen 1937 demosponge