Hettingen, Swabian Alb (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (48.2° N, 9.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.3° N, 17.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• White Jurassic Delta 2-3

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified limestone

• marly crumpled limestones

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 74065: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.07.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Hexactinellida
 Lychniscosa - Sporadopylidae
Sporadopyle obliqua
Sporadopyle obliqua Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa -
Cavispongia cylindrata
 Lychniscosa - Pachyteichismatidae
Trochobolus labyrinthicus, Pachyteichisma lamellosa, Pachyteichisma microstoma, Pachyteichisma lopas
Trochobolus labyrinthicus Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
Pachyteichisma microstoma Quenstedt 1877 glass sponge
Pachyteichisma lopas Quenstedt 1877 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae
Coscinaulus micropora
Coscinaulus micropora 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
 Hexactinosa - Euretidae
Ordinatus texturatus, Ramispongia ramosa
Ordinatus texturatus Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Ramispongia ramosa Quenstedt 1877 glass sponge
 Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
"Laocoetis lineata" = Dictyonocoelia lineatum, "Laocoetis schweiggeri" = Dictyonocoelia schweiggeri, Sphenaulax costata, "Laocoetis parallela" = Craticularia parallela
"Laocoetis lineata" = Dictyonocoelia lineatum Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
"Laocoetis schweiggeri" = Dictyonocoelia schweiggeri Goldfuss 1829 glass sponge
Sphenaulax costata Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
"Laocoetis parallela" = Craticularia parallela Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Demospongiae
 Monalithistida - Lecanellidae
Lecanella "sp. A", Lecanella pateraeformis
Lecanella "sp. A" Zittel 1878 demosponge
Lecanella pateraeformis Zittel 1878 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Discostromatidae
"Pyrgochonia radiata" = Pyrgochonia (Actinostrombus) radiata, "Pyrgochonia acetabulum" = Pyrgochonia (Pyrgochonia) acetabulum, Hyalotragos rugosum, Hyalotragos pezizoides, Hyalotragos patella
"Pyrgochonia radiata" = Pyrgochonia (Actinostrombus) radiata Goldfuss 1829 demosponge
"Pyrgochonia acetabulum" = Pyrgochonia (Pyrgochonia) acetabulum Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
Hyalotragos pezizoides Goldfuss 1833 demosponge
Hyalotragos patella Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Platychoniidae
"Platychonia striata" = Chonellopsis striata
"Platychonia striata" = Chonellopsis striata Schrammen 1937 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Cnemidiastridae
"Cnemidiastrum rimulosum" = Cnemopeltia (Cnemopeltia) rimulosum
"Cnemidiastrum rimulosum" = Cnemopeltia (Cnemopeltia) rimulosum Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
 Megalithistida - Carterellidae
? Heloraphinia sp., Pachycothon quenstedti
? Heloraphinia sp. Schrammen 1937 demosponge
 Megalithistida - Pleromatidae
Anomorphites trigonus
Anomorphites trigonus Kolb 1910 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Cylindrophymatidae
Cylindrophyma milleporata, Melonella radiata
Cylindrophyma milleporata Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
Melonella radiata Quenstedt 1858 demosponge