Bore Kevelaer, depth 70m (Miocene of Germany)

Where: North Rhein-Westfalia, Germany (51.6° N, 6.3° E: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 4.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• Reinbek-Bislicher stage or Reinbek-Tichelh. stage

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, fine-grained, brown sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collection methods: core, mechanical, peroxide, sieve,

• well drilling, 1994

Primary reference: G. Wienrich. 1997. Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 1 Foraminiferen, Anthozoen. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden 1:1-187 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62887: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.08.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral
Flabellum pompeckji Krejci 1926 stony coral
Flabellum tuberculatum Keferstein 1859 stony coral
Flabellum cristatum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
 Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Stephanophyllia imperialis Michelin 1841 stony coral
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet.1 Rafinesque 1835
Serpulidae indet. D
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
 Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita1 Brocchi 1814 clam
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) anomala" = Limopsis1 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pseudamussium lilli1 Pusch 1837 scallop
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina pectinata1 Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte (Astarte) radiata1 Nyst and Westendorp 1839 clam
Astarte radiata fa. radiata 28 specimens, Astarte radiata fa. convexior 33 specimens, Astarte radiata fa. goldfussi 2 specimens
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia sp.1 Conrad 1867 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Cavilucina (Goniomyrtea) droueti" = Gonimyrtea droueti1
"Cavilucina (Goniomyrtea) droueti" = Gonimyrtea droueti1 Nyst 1861 clam
C. droueti droueti
 Pandorida - Lyonsiidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba1 Oliva 1792 clam
C. (V.) gibba gibba
 Cardiida - Semelidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Macoma elliptica" = Laciolina magna1
"Macoma elliptica" = Laciolina magna1 Spengler 1798 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Habecardium dingdense1 Lehmann 1885 cockle
Parvicardium scabrum1 Philippi 1844 cockle
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula elliptica1 Brown 1827 clam
 Cardiida - Glossidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima1 Montagu 1803 venus clam
Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella1 Lamarck 1818 venus clam
V. (V.) multilamella multilamella
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoma haesendoncki1 nut clam
N. haesendoncki hanseata
 Protobranchia - Nuculanidae
"Nuculana (Saccella) westendorpi" = Saccella westendorpi1
"Nuculana (Saccella) westendorpi" = Saccella westendorpi1 Nyst and Westendorp 1839 pointed nut clam
 Protobranchia - Yoldiidae
"Portlandia (Yoldiella) pygmaea" = Yoldiella1, Yoldia (Yoldia) glaberrima1
"Portlandia (Yoldiella) pygmaea" = Yoldiella1 clam
Yoldia (Yoldia) glaberrima1 von Münster 1837 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Pseudantalis aturensis" = Dentalium (Pseudantilis)1 tusk shell
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon (Acteon) semistriatus3 snail
spelled as 'Actaeon'
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla (Turbonilla) gastaldi3 snail
sensu JANSSEN
Turbonilla (Turbonilla) koeneniana3 snail
sensu JANSSEN
Odostomia (Brachystomia) sp.3 Fleming 1817 snail
"Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) pseudoterebralis" = Pyrgolampros3 snail
sensu JANSSEN
"Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) undulata" = Pyrgolampros3 snail
sensu JANSSEN
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea (Calyptraea) chinensis2 Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Turritellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiidae
"Bittium (Bittium) spina" = Bittium spina2
"Bittium (Bittium) spina" = Bittium spina2 Partsch 1856 cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Strephona) dufresnei2 Basterot 1825 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
"Ancilla (Baryspira) obsoleta" = Amalda obsoleta2
"Ancilla (Baryspira) obsoleta" = Amalda obsoleta2 Brocchi 1814 snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Murex (Tubicauda) spinicosta" = Murex (Promurex) spinicosta2, "Murex (Haustellum) inornatus" = Haustellum2, Typhis (Typhis) ? pungens2, Lyrotyphis (Eotyphis) fistulosus2
"Murex (Tubicauda) spinicosta" = Murex (Promurex) spinicosta2 Bronn 1831 murex snail
"Murex (Haustellum) inornatus" = Haustellum2 murex snail
Typhis (Typhis) ? pungens2 Solander in Brander and Brander 1766 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
 Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
sensu lato Mangelia andersoni n. sp.3 Wienrich and Janssen 2007 snail
Sorgenfreispira "sp. 2"3 Moroni 1979 snail
Sorgenfreispira tenella3 Conrad 1848 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Conus (Conolithus) sensu lato antediluvianus" = Conus (Conolithes)3
"Conus (Conolithus) sensu lato antediluvianus" = Conus (Conolithes)3 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
"Trigonostoma (Ventrilia) pouwi" = Ventrilia2 snail
Cancellaria (Merica) contorta2 snail
C. contorta gelriana
Sveltia varicosa2 snail
S. varicosa paucicostata
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Semicassis (Echinophoria) bicoronata" = Echinophoria2, "Semicassis (Semicassis) miolaevigata" = Phalium (Semicassis) miolaevigata2
"Semicassis (Echinophoria) bicoronata" = Echinophoria2 snail
"Semicassis (Semicassis) miolaevigata" = Phalium (Semicassis) miolaevigata2 Sacco 1890 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
Erato (Erato) germanica2 Schilder 1929 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora deshayesi2 Michelotti 1847 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
Circulus praecedens2 snail
C. praecedens for. praecedens
Circulus hennei2 Glibert 1952 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Eulimidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet.2 Guilding 1834 moon snail
Naticidae juv. et indet.
"Natica sensu lato tigrina" = Cochlis tigrina2 Röding 1798 moon snail
Euspira edithae2 moon snail
Euspira staringi2 moon snail
Euspira helicina2 Brocchi 1814 moon snail
E. aggr. helicina
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
 Sorbeoconcha - Triforidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Epitoniidae
Cirsotrema (Cirsotrema) crassicostatum2 Deshayes 1839 wentletrap
"Amaea (Scalina) subreticula" = Scalina2 wentletrap
 Opisthobranchia -
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Foraminifera
 Textulariacea - Textulariidae
 Textulariacea - Valvulinidae
Martinottiella communis Huang et al. 2019
  - Spiroplectamminidae
  - Buliminidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Foraminifera
 Discorbacea - Bagginidae
Cancris auriculus Fichtel and Moll 1798
 Rotaliacea - Elphidiidae
 Nonionacea - Nonionidae
 Rotaliina - Cassidulinidae
 Asterigerinacea - Asterigerinidae
Asterigerina guerichi
A. gürichi staeschi
 Planorbulinacea - Cibicididae
Cibicides lobatulus
incl. 2 specimens C. lobatulus var. ornatus
Cibicides dutemplei dOrbigny 1846
 Planorbulinacea - Planulinidae
 Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae
Uvigerina semiornata
U. semiornata for. semiornata
  - Nodosariidae
 Nodosariacea - Polymorphinidae
Guttulina problema d'Orbigny 1826
Globulina gibba
incl. 1 specimen G. gibba for. punctata and 1 specimen G. gibba rugosa
 Nodosariacea - Lagenidae