Arnegg Reef (Jurassic of Germany)

Also known as Reef 1726

Where: Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany (48.4° N, 9.9° E: paleocoordinates 39.5° N, 18.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone

• Sponge facies overlain by mixed facies overlain by coral reef facies. 80% massive corals, 15% phaceloid and solitary forms, 5% dendroid and foliose forms

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Moderately diverse coral fauna but rich invertebrate fauna

Primary reference: S. Paulsen. 1964. Aufbau und Petrographie des Riffkomplexes von Arnegg im höheren Weißen Jura der Schwäbischen Alb (Württemberg). Arbeiten aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Technischen Hochschule Stuttgart, Neue Folge 42:1-98 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23887: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 23.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Modified from Geyer (1954), partially revised by Bertling (1993)
unclassified
  -
Demospongiae
 Tabulospongida -
Pseudochaetetes polyporus demosponge
Listed as Eurysolenopora polypora
 Spirosclerophorida - Cnemidiastridae
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Stellispongia glomerata, "Eusiphonella bronnii" = Pareudea bronnii
Stellispongia glomerata calcareous sponge
"Eusiphonella bronnii" = Pareudea bronnii Goldfuss 1829 calcareous sponge
 Calcaronea - Endostomatidae
"Eusiphonella intermedia" = Endostoma intermedia
"Eusiphonella intermedia" = Endostoma intermedia Münster 1829 calcareous sponge
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cyathophora bourgueti Defrance 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina delabechii stony coral
Stylina tubulifera Phillips 1829 stony coral
Stylina micrommata Quenstedt 1857 stony coral
Stylina lobata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Stylina tubulosa Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
Stylina excelsa Étallon 1859 stony coral
"Stylina limbata" = Adelocoenia limbata Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
Enallhelia compressa Münster 1829 stony coral
Enallohelia compressa
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Ovalastrea caryophylloides Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Latomeandra plicata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Microphyllia brevivallis Becker 1875 stony coral
= M. greppini
Microphyllia seriata Becker 1875 stony coral
Microphyllia soemmeringii Muenster 1829 stony coral
Microphyllia astroides Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Comoseridae
 Scleractinia - Placophylliidae
Placophyllia dianthus Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Last reef builder
 Scleractinia - Solenocoeniidae
"Convexastrea sexradiata" = Solenocoenia sexradiata
"Convexastrea sexradiata" = Solenocoenia sexradiata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae
Tiaradendron germinans Quenstedt 1852 stony coral
Rhipidogyra alata Quenstedt 1858 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea helianthoides Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Isastrea helianthoides Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
= I. oblonga
Isastrea crassa Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
= I. explanata
 Scleractinia - Diplocteniopsidae
Latiphyllia suevica Quenstedt 1858 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae
Thecosmilia dichotoma, "Thecosmilia trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa
Thecosmilia dichotoma Koby 1884 stony coral
"Thecosmilia trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa Fromentel 1870 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Latusastrea alveolaris Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria concinna Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
= T. gracilis
 Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae
"Calamophyllia disputabilis" = Calamoseris disputabilis
"Calamophyllia disputabilis" = Calamoseris disputabilis Becker 1875 stony coral
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Nodoprosopidae
"Prosopon spinosum" = Nodoprosopon spinosum
"Prosopon spinosum" = Nodoprosopon spinosum Von Meyer 1842 crab
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratellidae
 Terebratulida - Kraussinidae
"Megerlea pectunculus" = Megerlia, "Megerlea loricata" = Megerlia
"Megerlea pectunculus" = Megerlia
"Megerlea loricata" = Megerlia
 Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina substriata Schlotheim 1820
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
"Terebratula insignis" = Loboidothyris insignis
"Terebratula insignis" = Loboidothyris insignis Schübler 1820
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
"Waldheimia trigonella" = Terebratula (Waldheimia), "Waldheimia pentagonalis" = Terebratula (Waldheimia)
"Waldheimia trigonella" = Terebratula (Waldheimia)
"Waldheimia pentagonalis" = Terebratula (Waldheimia)
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Cerioporidae
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Sabellidae
"Serpula gordialis" = Glomerula serpentina
"Serpula gordialis" = Glomerula serpentina Schlotheim 1820
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca trisulcata" = Arca (Eonavicula) trisulcata Muenster 1837 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Alectryonia hastellata" = Ostrea (Alectryonia), "Alectryonia gregaria" = Ostrea (Alectryonia)
"Alectryonia hastellata" = Ostrea (Alectryonia) oyster
"Alectryonia gregaria" = Ostrea (Alectryonia) oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra bruntrutana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana, Exogyra plana
"Exogyra bruntrutana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
""Mytilus" furcatus" = Arcomytilus furcatus, "Lithodomus siliceus" = Lithophaga, "Mytilus" pectinatus
""Mytilus" furcatus" = Arcomytilus furcatus Münster 1837 mussel
quotation marks put here by me
"Lithodomus siliceus" = Lithophaga mussel
"Mytilus" pectinatus Sowerby 1821 mussel
quotation marks put here by me
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Nuculanida - Isoarcidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Gastropoda
 Heterostrophia -
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria reticulata Branson 1930 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Trochotomidae
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Delphinula funata" = Angaria
"Delphinula funata" = Angaria snail
 Trochoidea - Liotiidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Serpula lumbricalis" = Vermicularia lumbricalis
"Serpula lumbricalis" = Vermicularia lumbricalis Linnaeus 1758 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica gigas moon snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
"Neritopsis decussata" = Cassianopsis decussata Münster 1841 snail
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes -
"Lepidotus maximus" = Lepidotes
"Lepidotus maximus" = Lepidotes gar
Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Pentacrinitidae
 Millericrinida - Millericrinidae
Millericrinus rosaceus Sea lily
[entered as Mellericrinus rosaceus]
Millericrinus horridus Sea lily
[entered as Mellericrinus horridus]
Millericrinus mespiliformis Sea lily
[entered as Mellericrinus mespiliformis]
Millericrinus milleri von Schlotheim 1823 Sea lily
[entered as Mellericrinus milleri]
Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Oreasteridae
"Pentaceros stelliferus" = Oreaster
"Pentaceros stelliferus" = Oreaster sea star
 Valvatida - Sphaerasteridae
Echinoidea
 Euechinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
 Euechinoidea - Hemicidaridae
 Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
 Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae
 Cidaroida -
"Cidaris coronata" = Plegiocidaris coronata
"Cidaris coronata" = Plegiocidaris coronata Schlotheim 1820 pencil urchin
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris marginata pencil urchin
Cidaris elegans pencil urchin
Cidaris blumenbachi pencil urchin
 Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae
Rhabdocidaris nobilis pencil urchin
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Acicularia elongata Carozzi 1955