Flörsheim, Mainz, algal reefs, Hessen (Oligocene of Germany)

Also known as Reef 3283

Where: Germany (50.0° N, 8.4° E: paleocoordinates 49.9° N, 5.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• Landschneckenkalk and lower Upper Cerithien Beds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• algal reefs, up to 25 m thick and 1 km wide

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. Kadolsky and R. Koch. 1988. Pseudoriffe im Landschneckenkalk und in den tieferen Oberen Cerithienschichten (Oberoligozän) des Mainzer Beckens [Pseudo-reefs in the Landschneckenkalk and the lower Upper Cerithien Beds (Upper Oligocene) of the Mainz Basin]. Geologisches Jahrbuch, A 110:135-163 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 70002: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cladophorites
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Gastropoda
 Heterobranchia - Omalogyridae
Omalogyra sp. Jeffreys 1867 snail
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Mesohalina sp. Wittibschlager 1983 horn snail
Potamides sp. Brongniart 1810 horn snail
Terebralia sp. Swainson 1840 horn snail
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
Granulolabium sp. Cossmann 1889 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Ecphora sp. Conrad 1843 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Melarhaphe sp. Menke 1828 periwinkle
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
Hydrobia sp. Hartmann 1821 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Vitta sp. Mörch 1852 snail
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Perna sp. Retzius 1788 mussel
 Mytilida -
 Pholadida - Myidae
Sphenia sp. Turton 1822 softshell clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Lentidium sp. Cristofori 1832 clam
 Cardiida - Lasaeidae
Lasaea sp. Brown 1827 clam
 Cardiida -
Mancosinodia sp. Kadolsky 1988 clam
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Polymesoda sp. Rafinesque 1828 clam
 Cardiida - Dreissenidae
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle