Where: Germany (42.4° N, 9.3° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 16.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Berriasian to Late/Upper Berriasian (145.0 - 132.9 Ma)
• The paper distinguishes 5 stratigraphic units but provides a single taxon list.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, calcareous claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ)
Primary reference: R. Fischer. 1992. Fossilien aus der Tongrube Sachsenhagen. Arbeitskereis Paläontologie Hannover 20(2):33-53 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 95087: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 06.04.2010, edited by Jonathan Tennant, Philip Mannion and Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea | |
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830 sea star | |
Ophiuroidea | |
Ophiuroidea indet. Gray 1840 brittle star | |
Echinoidea | |
Rhabdocidaris sp. Desor 1855 pencil urchin | |
Crinoidea | |
Chladocrinus tenellus Sea lily | |
Reptilia | |
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Cephalopoda | |
Acroteuthis cf. explanatoides belemnite | |
Polyptychites sp., "Euryptychites sp." = Polyptychites (Euryptychites), Platylenticeras (Platylenticeras) robustum, Platylenticeras (Platylenticeras) latum, Platylenticeras (Platylenticeras) parcum, Platylenticeras (Platylenticeras) oxyconum, Platylenticeras (Platylenticeras) expansum, Platylenticeras (Tolypeceras) undulatum, Platylenticeras (Tolypeceras) coronatum, Platylenticeras (Tolypeceras) marcousianum, Platylenticeras (Tolypeceras) costellatum, Platylenticeras (Tolypeceras) simplex, Platylenticeras (Tolypeceras) denticulatum, Platylenticeras (Tolypeceras) fragile, Platylenticeras (Tolypeceras) pingue, Platylenticeras (Platylenticeras) heteropleurum
Polyptychites sp. Pavlow 1892 ammonite
"Euryptychites sp." = Polyptychites (Euryptychites) Pavlow 1914 ammonite
Platylenticeras (Tolypeceras) pingue ammonite
Platylenticeras (Platylenticeras) heteropleurum Neumayr and Uhlig 1881 ammonite | |
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Gastropoda | |
Ptychogyra canalifera pulmonate | |
Putilla ? roemeri snail | |
"Actaeon sp." = Acteon
"Actaeon sp." = Acteon Montfort 1810 snail | |
Natica laevigata moon snail | |
Metacerithium sp. Cossmann 1906 snail | |
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam | |
Nuculana scapha pointed nut clam | |
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam | |
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop | |
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
Anomia laevigata Sowerby 1836 jingle
Anomia pseudoradiata d'Orbigny 1850 jingle | |
Buchia sp. Rouillier 1845 scallop | |
"Lima (Plagiostoma) planicosta" = Plagiostoma
"Lima (Plagiostoma) planicosta" = Plagiostoma file clam | |
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
Camptonectes striatopunctatus Roemer 1839 scallop
Camptonectes (Boreionectes) cinctus Sowerby 1822 scallop | |
Aetostreon latissimum, "Exogyra spiralis" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Aetostreon latissimum Lamarck 1801 oyster
"Exogyra spiralis" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Ostrea germaini Coquand 1869 oyster | |
Pteria vulgaris pearl oyster
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster | |
Modiolus rugosus mussel
Modiolus striatocostatus mussel
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
Modiolus aequalis Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
Nippononaia sp. Suzuki 1941 clam | |
"Cyclas sp." = Lucina (Cyclas)
"Cyclas sp." = Lucina (Cyclas) Klein 1853 clam | |
? Gresslya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam | |
"Corbula angulata" = Cuneocorbula angulata Lamarck 1806 clam
Corbula alata clam
Corbula sublaevis clam | |
Eocallista aff. brongniarti Romer 1836 clam | |
Neomiodon sp. clam | |
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Solecurtus sp. Blainville 1824 clam | |
Thracia phillipsi clam | |
Siliqua aequilatera clam | |
Panopea gurgitis clam | |
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam | |
Lingulata | |
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
Lingula subovalis Davidson 1852 | |
Polychaeta | |
Thecostraca | |
"Archaeolepas decora" = Loriolepas decora
"Archaeolepas decora" = Loriolepas decora Harbort 1905 barnacle | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Malacostraca | |
Mecochirus rapax decapod | |
Hoploparia aspera Harbort 1905 clawed lobster | |
Protastacus politus Schlüter 1868 decapod | |
Chondrites sp. von Sternberg 1833 |