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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Calcarea | |
Elasmoierea sp. calcareous sponge | |
Hexactinellida | |
Craticularia cf. tenuis, Laocoetis cf. tenuis, Laocoetis vulgata, "Paracraticularia fittoni" = Laocoetis fittoni
Craticularia cf. tenuis glass sponge
Laocoetis cf. tenuis glass sponge
Laocoetis vulgata Pocta 1883 glass sponge
"Paracraticularia fittoni" = Laocoetis fittoni Mantell 1822 glass sponge | |
Guettardiscyphia sp., Guettardiscyphia alata, Guettardiscyphia cf. roemeri, Guettardiscyphia stellata, Guettardiscyphia diptera n. sp.
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 | |
Centrosia incrustans Schrammen 1902 glass sponge
Brachiolites fenestratus glass sponge
? Plocoscyphia fenestrata Smith and Toulmin 1848 glass sponge | |
Napaeana sp., Pleuropyge plana, Leiostracosia sp., Ventriculites sp., Ubiquiradius mirus, Stauronema cf. planum, Stauronema carteri
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 | |
"Exanthesis reticulatus" = Exanthesis (Exanthesis) reticulata
"Exanthesis reticulatus" = Exanthesis (Exanthesis) reticulata Hinde 1883 glass sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Propachastrella sp. Schrammen 1910 demosponge | |
Ophiraphidites annulatus Schrammen 1910 demosponge | |
Heterostinia obliqua, "Doryderma roemeri" = Doryderma (Brochodora) roemeri, "Homalodora benetti" = Homalodoriana
Heterostinia obliqua demosponge
"Doryderma roemeri" = Doryderma (Brochodora) roemeri Hinde 1884 demosponge
"Homalodora benetti" = Homalodoriana demosponge | |
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Laosciadia mantellii demosponge | |
Regnardia cf. lapparenti Moret 1925 demosponge
? Lecanella aff. pateraeformis Zittel 1878 demosponge | |
"Pachytrachelus cf. exspectatus" = Ozotrachelus exspectatus
"Pachytrachelus cf. exspectatus" = Ozotrachelus exspectatus Schrammen 1910 demosponge | |
"Phyllodermia aff. galloprovincialis" = Discodermia galloprovincialis, Leiophyllum cf. panniculosum, Ragadinia laccophora n. sp., Ragadinia rimosa, Pseudojerea excavata, Phyllodermia kempckei n. sp., "Phyllodermia antiqua" = Phyllodermia (Phyllodermia) antiqua, Acrochordonia ramosa, Phymaplectia cribrata, Thamnospongia cf. reticulata
"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 | |
Prokaliapsis schrammeni n. sp., Prokaliapsis danubica n. sp., Pholidocladia sp., "Pholidocladia dichotoma" = Pholidocladia (Pholidocladia) dichotoma, Polyrhipidium cristagalli
Prokaliapsis schrammeni n. sp. Wagner 1963 demosponge
Pholidocladia sp. Hinde 1884 demosponge
"Pholidocladia dichotoma" = Pholidocladia (Pholidocladia) dichotoma Hinde 1884 demosponge subsp. incrustans and tuberculata
Polyrhipidium cristagalli Schrammen 1924 demosponge | |
Pycnodesma globosa Schrammen 1910 demosponge | |
Astrocladia subramosa Roemer 1864 demosponge | |
Kalpinella pateraeformis, Polyierea arbuscula, Thecosiphonia neoburgensis n. sp., Thecosiphonia torgeri, "Siphonia pyriformis" = Siphonia (Siphonia) pyriformis, Jerea pyriformis, Turonia cerebriformis, Turonia constricta, Turonia globosa n. sp.
Kalpinella pateraeformis Hinde 1884 demosponge
Polyierea arbuscula demosponge
Thecosiphonia neoburgensis n. sp. Wagner 1963 demosponge
Thecosiphonia torgeri Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Jerea pyriformis Lamouroux 1821 demosponge
Turonia cerebriformis Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Turonia constricta Zittel 1878 demosponge
Turonia globosa n. sp. Wagner 1963 demosponge | |
Phrissospongia hoffmanni n. sp. Wagner 1963 demosponge
Procorallistes polymorphus Schrammen 1901 demosponge | |
Bivalvia | |
Modiolus reversus Sowerby 1836 mussel | |
Mytiloides mytiloides, Inoceramus hoppenstedtensis, "Inoceramus pictus" = Inoceramus (Inoceramus) pictus, "Inoceramus crippsi" = Gnesioceramus cripsii
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
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Rastellum diluvianum Linnaeus 1767 oyster | |
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster | |
Pinna cretacea Schlotheim 1813 oyster | |
? Gervillia sp. Defrance 1820 oyster
Gervillaria neptuni Goldfuss 1837 oyster | |
? Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster | |
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 | |
Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop
Neithea cf. regularis Schlotheim 1813 scallop
"Neithea coquandi" = Neithea (Neithea) coquandi Peron 1877 scallop | |
Anomia papyracea Orbigny 1847 jingle | |
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam
Pseudolimea cf. composita Sowerby 1836 file clam
Lima parallela Sowerby 1812 file clam | |
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
Syncyclonema haggi Dhondt 1971 scallop | |
? Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Cymatoceras cf. elegans Sowerby 1816
Cymatoceras columbinum Fritsch 1872 | |
Sedentaria | |
Glomerula ? serpentina Schlotheim 1820
Glomerula plexus Sowerby 1829 | |
Stenolaemata | |
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Cerioporidae "indet. 1" Busk 1859
? Cerioporidae "indet. 2" Busk 1859 | |
Gymnolaemata | |
? Calloporidae indet. Norman 1903 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Grasirhynchia grasiana d'Orbigny 1849 | |
Cyclothyris sp. M'Coy 1844 | |
Echinoidea | |
Epiaster distinctus Agassiz and Desor 1847 heart urchin
Epiaster brevipetalus Smith and Wright 2008 heart urchin | |
? Pseudholaster bicarinatus Agassiz 1847 sea urchin | |
Planolites sp. Nicholson 1873 |