Neuburg (Donau) (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Bayern, Germany (48.7° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 38.7° N, 11.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Neuburger Weiß Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; fine-grained, cherty/siliceous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. Wagner. 1963. Die Schwammfauna der Oberkreide von Neuburg (Donau) [The Upper Cretaceous sponge fauna from Neuburg (Donau)]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 122:166-250 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 114012: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.08.2011, edited by Mihaela Krause

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Taxonomic list

Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Elasmoierea sp. calcareous sponge
Hexactinellida
 Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Laocoetis cf. tenuis glass sponge
Laocoetis vulgata Pocta 1883 glass sponge
"Paracraticularia fittoni" = Laocoetis fittoni Mantell 1822 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
Guettardiscyphia sp. Fromentel 1860 glass sponge
Guettardiscyphia alata Pomel 1872 glass sponge
Guettardiscyphia cf. roemeri Pomel 1872 glass sponge
Guettardiscyphia stellata Michelin 1847 glass sponge
Guettardiscyphia diptera n. sp. Wagner 1963 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae
Centrosia incrustans Schrammen 1902 glass sponge
? Plocoscyphia fenestrata Smith and Toulmin 1848 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
Napaeana sp. de Laubenfels 1955 glass sponge
Pleuropyge plana Schrammen 1912 glass sponge
Leiostracosia sp. Schrammen 1902 glass sponge
Ventriculites sp. Mantell 1822 glass sponge
Ubiquiradius mirus Schrammen 1912 glass sponge
Stauronema cf. planum Hinde 1883 glass sponge
Stauronema carteri Sollas 1877 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Dactylocalycidae
"Exanthesis reticulatus" = Exanthesis (Exanthesis) reticulata
"Exanthesis reticulatus" = Exanthesis (Exanthesis) reticulata Hinde 1883 glass sponge
Demospongiae
 Pachastrellida - Pachastrellidae
Propachastrella sp. Schrammen 1910 demosponge
 Choristida - Cephaloraphiditidae
Ophiraphidites annulatus Schrammen 1910 demosponge
 Megalithistida - Pleromatidae
Heterostinia obliqua, "Doryderma roemeri" = Doryderma (Brochodora) roemeri, "Homalodora benetti" = Homalodoriana
"Doryderma roemeri" = Doryderma (Brochodora) roemeri Hinde 1884 demosponge
"Homalodora benetti" = Homalodoriana demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Seliscothonidae
Seliscothon mantelli Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
listed as Laosciadia mantellii
Rhabdotum columna Schrammen 1924 demosponge
listed as Laosciadia columna
 Spirosclerophorida -
 Monalithistida - Lecanellidae
Regnardia cf. lapparenti Moret 1925 demosponge
? Lecanella aff. pateraeformis Zittel 1878 demosponge
 Monalithistida - Vetulinidae
"Pachytrachelus cf. exspectatus" = Ozotrachelus exspectatus
"Pachytrachelus cf. exspectatus" = Ozotrachelus exspectatus Schrammen 1910 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Theonellidae
"Phyllodermia aff. galloprovincialis" = Discodermia galloprovincialis Moret 1925 demosponge
Leiophyllum cf. panniculosum Schrammen 1924 demosponge
Ragadinia laccophora n. sp. Wagner 1963 demosponge
Ragadinia rimosa Roemer 1864 demosponge
Pseudojerea excavata Moret 1946 demosponge
Phyllodermia kempckei n. sp. Wagner 1963 demosponge
"Phyllodermia antiqua" = Phyllodermia (Phyllodermia) antiqua Schrammen 1901 demosponge
Acrochordonia ramosa Schrammen 1901 demosponge
Phymaplectia cribrata Hinde 1884 demosponge
Thamnospongia cf. reticulata Hinde 1883 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Phymaraphiniidae
Prokaliapsis schrammeni n. sp. Wagner 1963 demosponge
Prokaliapsis danubica n. sp. Wagner 1963 demosponge
and nov. subsp. bulbosa
Pholidocladia sp. Hinde 1884 demosponge
"Pholidocladia dichotoma" = Pholidocladia (Pholidocladia) dichotoma Hinde 1884 demosponge
subsp. incrustans and tuberculata
Polyrhipidium cristagalli Schrammen 1924 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Plinthosellidae
Pycnodesma globosa Schrammen 1910 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Astrocladiidae
Astrocladia subramosa Roemer 1864 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae
Kalpinella pateraeformis Hinde 1884 demosponge
Thecosiphonia neoburgensis n. sp. Wagner 1963 demosponge
Thecosiphonia torgeri Schrammen 1910 demosponge
"Siphonia pyriformis" = Siphonia (Siphonia) pyriformis Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
subsp. tubulosa
Jerea pyriformis Lamouroux 1821 demosponge
Turonia cerebriformis Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Turonia constricta Zittel 1878 demosponge
Turonia globosa n. sp. Wagner 1963 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Corallistidae
Phrissospongia hoffmanni n. sp. Wagner 1963 demosponge
Procorallistes polymorphus Schrammen 1901 demosponge
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus reversus Sowerby 1836 mussel
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Mytiloides mytiloides Mantell 1822 clam
Inoceramus hoppenstedtensis Troeger 1967 clam
"Inoceramus pictus" = Inoceramus (Inoceramus) pictus Sowerby 1829 clam
Inoceramus pictus pictus, Inoceramus pictus cf. concentricoundulatus
"Inoceramus crippsi" = Gnesioceramus cripsii Mantell 1822 clam
Inoceramus crippsi crippsi
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Rastellum diluvianum Linnaeus 1767 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cretacea Schlotheim 1813 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
? Gervillia sp. Defrance 1820 oyster
Gervillaria neptuni Goldfuss 1837 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
? Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Mimachlamys robinaldina Orbigny 1847 scallop
Chlamys elongata Lamarck 1819 scallop
Camptonectes virgatus Nilsson 1827 scallop
Merklinia aspera Lamarck 1819 scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop
Neithea cf. regularis Schlotheim 1813 scallop
"Neithea coquandi" = Neithea (Neithea) coquandi Peron 1877 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia papyracea Orbigny 1847 jingle
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam
Pseudolimea cf. composita Sowerby 1836 file clam
Lima parallela Sowerby 1812 file clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
Syncyclonema haggi Dhondt 1971 scallop
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
? Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Sabellidae
Glomerula ? serpentina Schlotheim 1820
Glomerula plexus Sowerby 1829
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Diastoporidae
Berenicea sp. Lamouroux 1821
1 colony
 Cyclostomata - Eleidae
Reptomultelea cf. sarthacensis d'Orbigny 1853
1 colony
 Cyclostomata - Cerioporidae
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Gibbithyrididae
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Grasirhynchia grasiana d'Orbigny 1849
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Cyclothyris sp. M'Coy 1844
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Spatangidae
Epiaster distinctus Agassiz and Desor 1847 heart urchin
Epiaster brevipetalus Smith and Wright 2008 heart urchin
 Holasteroida -
? Pseudholaster bicarinatus Agassiz 1847 sea urchin
 Ichnofossils -
Planolites sp. Nicholson 1873