Fahrenbergmulde, Oberaudorf, Branderfleck Formation, fauna 3, Bavaria (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Germany (47.7° N, 12.2° E: paleocoordinates 30.4° N, 14.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Branderfleck Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified marl

• massive bluish-gray marls and calcareous marls

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. Smettan. 1997. Bivalven, Gastropoden und Serpuliden aus den Branderfleckschichten (Cenoman) der Fahrenbergmulde (Nördliche Kalkalpen, Bayern): Taxonomie und Palökologie [Bivalves, gastropods and serpulids from the Branderfleck Formation (Cenomanian) of Fahrenbergmulde (Bavarian Alps): taxonomy and palaeoecology]. Zitteliana 21:99-158 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66779: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.10.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• fauna 3: Idonearca mailleana-?Lunatia lyrata assemblage
unclassified
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Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
Tetragonites sp., "Gaudryceras leptonema" = Mesogaudryceras leptonema
Tetragonites sp. Kossmat 1895 ammonite
"Gaudryceras leptonema" = Mesogaudryceras leptonema Sharpe 1855 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
"Puzosia mayoriana" = Puzosia (Puzosia) mayoriana, "Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum
"Puzosia mayoriana" = Puzosia (Puzosia) mayoriana d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Michelin 1838 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
? Calycoceras sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Hamitidae
Hamites sp. Parkinson 1811 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Turrilitidae
Turrilites costatus Lamarck 1801 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
 Pectinibranchia -
Margarita sp. Leach 1814 snail
listed as Margerita
 Vanikoroidea - Vanikoridae
Vanikoro sp. Quoy and Gaimard 1832 snail
listed as Vanicoro
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Torquesia vibrayeana d'Orbigny 1842 turret shell
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Vexillum roemeri ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
"? Haliphoebus sp." = Stellaria
"? Haliphoebus sp." = Stellaria Schmidt 1832 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Lunatia lyrata moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp., "Idonearca mailleana" = Cucullaea (Idonearca)
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
sp. 2 and 3
"Idonearca mailleana" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) clam
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Inoceramus cf. pictus" = Inoceramus (Inoceramus) pictus Sowerby 1829 clam
type 2 and 3
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema cf. haggi Dhondt 1971 scallop
Entolium membranaceum Nilsson 1827 scallop
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
"Neithea cf. coquandi" = Neithea (Neithea) coquandi
"Neithea cf. coquandi" = Neithea (Neithea) coquandi Peron 1877 scallop
 Ostreida - Malleidae
"Isognomon" sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
? Gervillaria neptuni Goldfuss 1837 oyster
Gervillia cf. solenoidea Defrance 1820 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria cf. rostrata pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cretacea Schlotheim 1813 oyster
Pinna decussata Goldfuss 1837 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Pycnodonte vesiculare" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Rhynchostreon plicatulum Lamarck 1819 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
type 2
 Solenida - Pharidae
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Sabellidae
unclassified
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