Bore Kevelaer, depth 70m (Miocene of Germany)

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

• Paleocoordinates: 49.0° N, 8.5° E (Wright 2013)

• 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

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Taxonomic list

Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides dutemplei dOrbigny 1846
Cibicides lobatulus Walker and Jacob 1798
incl. 2 specimens C. lobatulus var. ornatus
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Nodosariata
 Robertinida - Ceratobuliminidae
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Globulina gibba d'Orbigny 1832
incl. 1 specimen G. gibba for. punctata and 1 specimen G. gibba rugosa
Guttulina problema d'Orbigny 1826
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Foraminifera
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
Martinottiella communis Huang et al. 2019
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
 Spiroplectamminacea - Spiroplectamminidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Foraminifera
 Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae
Uvigerina semiornata
U. semiornata for. semiornata
 Asterigerinacea - Asterigerinidae
Asterigerina guerichi
A. gürichi staeschi
 Discorbacea - Bagginidae
Cancris auriculus Fichtel and Moll 1798
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae
 Cheilostomata - Cupuladriidae
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Pseudantalis aturensis" = Dentalium (Pseudantilis)1 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchiata -
 Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae
 Opisthobranchiata - Retusidae
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla (Turbonilla) gastaldi3 snail
sensu JANSSEN
Turbonilla (Turbonilla) koeneniana3 snail
sensu JANSSEN
"Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) pseudoterebralis" = Pyrgolampros3 snail
sensu JANSSEN
"Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) undulata" = Pyrgolampros3 snail
sensu JANSSEN
Odostomia (Brachystomia) sp.3 Fleming 1817 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon (Acteon) semistriatus3 snail
spelled as 'Actaeon'
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet.2 Guilding 1834 moon snail
Naticidae juv. et indet.
Euspira edithae2 moon snail
Euspira staringi2 moon snail
Euspira helicina2 Brocchi 1814 moon snail
E. aggr. helicina
"Natica sensu lato tigrina" = Cochlis tigrina2 Röding 1798 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
Erato (Erato) germanica2 Schilder 1929 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora deshayesi2 Michelotti 1847 carrier shell
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Sveltia varicosa2 snail
S. varicosa paucicostata
"Trigonostoma (Ventrilia) pouwi" = Ventrilia2 snail
Cancellaria (Merica) contorta2 snail
C. contorta gelriana
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 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 - Muricidae
"Murex (Haustellum) inornatus" = Haustellum2, "Murex (Tubicauda) spinicosta" = Murex (Promurex) spinicosta2, Typhis (Typhis) ? pungens2, Lyrotyphis (Eotyphis) fistulosus2
"Murex (Haustellum) inornatus" = Haustellum2 murex snail
"Murex (Tubicauda) spinicosta" = Murex (Promurex) spinicosta2 Bronn 1831 murex snail
Typhis (Typhis) ? pungens2 Solander in Brander and Brander 1766 murex snail
 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 - Conidae
"Conus (Conolithus) sensu lato antediluvianus" = Conus (Conolithes)3
"Conus (Conolithus) sensu lato antediluvianus" = Conus (Conolithes)3 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
 Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
 Neogastropoda - Horaiclavidae
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
 Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Semicassis (Semicassis) miolaevigata" = Phalium (Semicassis) miolaevigata2, "Semicassis (Echinophoria) bicoronata" = Echinophoria2
"Semicassis (Semicassis) miolaevigata" = Phalium (Semicassis) miolaevigata2 Sacco 1890 snail
"Semicassis (Echinophoria) bicoronata" = Echinophoria2 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
Circulus praecedens2 snail
C. praecedens for. praecedens
Circulus hennei2 Glibert 1952 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
 Sorbeoconcha - Triforidae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"Bittium (Bittium) spina" = Bittium spina2
"Bittium (Bittium) spina" = Bittium spina2 Partsch 1856 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Cirsotrema (Cirsotrema) crassicostatum2 Deshayes 1839 wentletrap
"Amaea (Scalina) subreticula" = Scalina2 wentletrap
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea (Calyptraea) chinensis2 Linnaeus 1758 Chinese hat snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoma haesendoncki1 nut clam
N. haesendoncki hanseata
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Nuculana (Saccella) westendorpi" = Saccella westendorpi1
"Nuculana (Saccella) westendorpi" = Saccella westendorpi1 Nyst and Westendorp 1839 pointed nut clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
"Portlandia (Yoldiella) pygmaea" = Yoldiella1, Yoldia (Yoldia) glaberrima1
"Portlandia (Yoldiella) pygmaea" = Yoldiella1 clam
Yoldia (Yoldia) glaberrima1 von Münster 1837 clam
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina pectinata1 Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pseudamussium lilli1 Pusch 1837 scallop
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita1 Brocchi 1814 clam
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) anomala" = Limopsis1 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia sp.1 Conrad 1867 clam
 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
Goodallia (Goodallia) angulata1 Lehmann 1885 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba1 Oliva 1792 clam
C. (V.) gibba gibba
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima1 Montagu 1803 venus clam
Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella1 Lamarck 1818 venus clam
V. (V.) multilamella multilamella
 Cardiida - Glossidae
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula elliptica1 Brown 1827 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Macoma elliptica" = Laciolina magna1
"Macoma elliptica" = Laciolina magna1 Spengler 1798 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Parvicardium scabrum1 Philippi 1844 cockle
Habecardium dingdense1 Lehmann 1885 cockle
 Pandorida - Lyonsiidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Cavilucina (Goniomyrtea) droueti" = Gonimyrtea droueti1
"Cavilucina (Goniomyrtea) droueti" = Gonimyrtea droueti1 Nyst 1861 clam
C. droueti droueti
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet.1 Rafinesque 1835
Serpulidae indet. D
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral
Flabellum tuberculatum Keferstein 1859 stony coral
Flabellum cristatum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Flabellum pompeckji Krejci 1926 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
 Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Stephanophyllia imperialis Michelin 1841 stony coral