PBDB Collection

Wernigerode (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (51.8° N, 10.8° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 11.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ilsenburg Formation, Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• "Trümmerkalk" beds of the Ilsenburg Formation, upper Lower Campanian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified conglomerate

• organo-detrital limestone beds, conglomerates, olistostromes, intercalated in marls

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Ulbrich. 1974. Die Spongien der Ilsenburg-Entwicklung (Oberes Unter-Campan) der Subherzynen Kreidemulde [Sponges of the Ilsenburg Formation (Upper Lower Campanian) of the Subhercynian Cretaceous Basin. Freiberger Forschungshefte C 291:1-121 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 112629: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.07.2011, edited by Mihaela Krause

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Taxonomic list

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Hexactinellida
Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae	Becksia soekelandi Becksia soekelandi Schlüter 1868 glass sponge
Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae	Rhizopoterion cribrosum Rhizopoterion cribrosum glass sponge
Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae	Craticularia sp., Craticularia roemeri, Craticularia auricularis, Ecblastesia cf. intrinsecuscostata, Periplectum cf. constrictum, Laocoetis cf. vulgata, Pleurostoma sp., "Pleuroguettardia trilobata" = Ptychocoetis trilobata Craticularia sp. Zittel 1877 glass sponge Craticularia roemeri Schrammen 1912 glass sponge Craticularia auricularis Scupin 1912 glass sponge Ecblastesia cf. intrinsecuscostata Rauff 1933 glass sponge Periplectum cf. constrictum Rauff 1933 glass sponge Laocoetis cf. vulgata Pocta 1883 glass sponge Pleurostoma sp. Roemer 1840 glass sponge "Pleuroguettardia trilobata" = Ptychocoetis trilobata Roemer 1864 glass sponge
Hexactinosa - Staurodermatidae	Stauroderma cretacea n. sp. Stauroderma cretacea n. sp. Ulbrich 1974 glass sponge
Hexactinosa - Cystispongiidae	"Cyrtobolia morchella" = Cystispongia morchella "Cyrtobolia morchella" = Cystispongia morchella Pocta 1883 glass sponge
Demospongiae
Megalithistida - Pleromatidae	Brochodora roemeri, "Homalodora tuberosa" = Homalodoriana tuberosa, "Homalodora ficus" = Homalodoriana ficus Brochodora roemeri Hinde 1884 demosponge "Homalodora tuberosa" = Homalodoriana tuberosa Schrammen 1910 demosponge "Homalodora ficus" = Homalodoriana ficus Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Monalithistida - Vetulinidae	"Pachytrachelus conicus" = Ozotrachelus conicus "Pachytrachelus conicus" = Ozotrachelus conicus Roemer 1841 demosponge
Spirosclerophorida - Seliscothonidae	Seliscothon verrucosum, Seliscothon mantelli Seliscothon verrucosum Schrammen 1924 demosponge Seliscothon mantelli Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
Spirosclerophorida - Scleritodermatidae	Verruculina micrommata, Verruculina tenuis, "Heterothelion cupula" = Amphithelion cupula, "Heterothelion impressa" = Amphithelion, "Heterothelion heimburgense" = Amphithelion Verruculina micrommata Roemer 1841 demosponge Verruculina tenuis Roemer 1840 demosponge "Heterothelion cupula" = Amphithelion cupula Schrammen 1910 demosponge "Heterothelion impressa" = Amphithelion demosponge "Heterothelion heimburgense" = Amphithelion demosponge
Spirosclerophorida - Jereicidae	Jereica tuberculosa, Jereica punctata, Jereica polystoma Jereica tuberculosa demosponge Jereica punctata Goldfuss 1826 demosponge Jereica polystoma Roemer 1864 demosponge
Spirosclerophorida - Azoricidae	Cytoracia turbinata, Coelocorypha subglobosa, Stachyspongia tuberculosa, Scytalia turbinata, Leiochonia cryptoporosa Cytoracia turbinata Schrammen 1910 demosponge Coelocorypha subglobosa Zittel 1878 demosponge Stachyspongia tuberculosa Roemer 1864 demosponge Scytalia turbinata Roemer 1864 demosponge Leiochonia cryptoporosa Schrammen 1901 demosponge
Tetralithistida - Corallistidae	Pachinion familiare, Pachinion scriptum, "Phalangium scytaliforme" = Schrammeniella scytaliforme Pachinion familiare demosponge Pachinion scriptum Roemer 1864 demosponge "Phalangium scytaliforme" = Schrammeniella scytaliforme Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Tetralithistida - Phymaraphiniidae	Prokaliapsis janus, Prokaliapsis griepenkerli, Prokaliapsis subglobosa, Prokaliapsis gemina Prokaliapsis janus demosponge Prokaliapsis griepenkerli demosponge Prokaliapsis subglobosa Schrammen 1924 demosponge Prokaliapsis gemina Schrammen 1924 demosponge
Tetralithistida - Theonellidae	Phyllodermia incrassata, Phyllodermia pyriformis, Acrochordonia bifurcata, Acrochordonia irregularis n. sp. Phyllodermia incrassata demosponge Phyllodermia pyriformis demosponge Acrochordonia bifurcata Hurcewicz 1966 demosponge Acrochordonia irregularis n. sp. Ulbrich 1974 demosponge
Tetralithistida - Astrocladiidae	Astrocladia subramosa Astrocladia subramosa Roemer 1864 demosponge
Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae	Turonia constricta, Jerea griepenkerli, Phymatella bulbosa, Craterella cf. auricula Turonia constricta Zittel 1878 demosponge Jerea griepenkerli demosponge Phymatella bulbosa Zittel 1878 demosponge Craterella cf. auricula Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Gymnolaemata
Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae	Ogiva promonturiorum Ogiva promonturiorum Voigt 1924