Heuberg, Donnstetten (Jurassic of Germany)

Also known as Reef 3183

Where: Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany (48.5° N, 9.6° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 17.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ulmensis beds Member, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Reefal debris, presumably derived from eroded reef

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: mechanical

Primary reference: O. F. Geyer. 1954. Die oberjurassische Korallenfauna von Württemberg. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 104(4-6):121-220 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23902: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 23.07.2002, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

• Complete lists with sometimes outdated names, partial revisions of Bertling (1993, corals) considered
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Echinoidea
 Irregularia - Disasteridae
Dysaster granulosus
 Cidaroida -
Plegiocidaris coronata
Plegiocidaris coronata Schlotheim 1820 pencil urchin
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
"Perisphinctes" siliceus
"Perisphinctes" siliceus ammonite
informal put here by me
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea sp.
Nerinea sp. Deshayes 1827 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria tenera
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Lithodomus siliceus" = Lithophaga
"Lithodomus siliceus" = Lithophaga mussel
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Alectryonia hastellata" = Ostrea (Alectryonia)
"Alectryonia hastellata" = Ostrea (Alectryonia) oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra cf. plana
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
"Rhynchonella astieriana" = Cyclothyris astieriana
"Rhynchonella astieriana" = Cyclothyris astieriana d'Orbigny 1847
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cyathophora bourgueti, Cyathophora claudiensis
Cyathophora bourgueti Defrance 1826 stony coral
Cyathophora claudiensis Etallon 1859 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"Stylina limbata" = Adelocoenia limbata, Stylina micrommata, Enallhelia compressa, Enallhelia striata
"Stylina limbata" = Adelocoenia limbata Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
= S. fallax
Stylina micrommata Quenstedt 1857 stony coral
Enallhelia compressa Münster 1829 stony coral
Enallohelia compressa
Enallhelia striata Quenstedt 1858 stony coral
Enallohelia striata
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Rhipidogyra costata
Rhipidogyra costata Becker 1875 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
"Thecosmilia trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa
"Thecosmilia trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa Fromentel 1870 stony coral
= T. magna
 Scleractinia - Diplocteniopsidae
Latiphyllia suevica
Latiphyllia suevica Quenstedt 1858 stony coral
End reef builders
 Scleractinia - Solenocoeniidae
"Convexastrea sexradiata" = Solenocoenia sexradiata
"Convexastrea sexradiata" = Solenocoenia sexradiata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
"Calamophyllia cervina" = Calamophylliopsis cervina
"Calamophyllia cervina" = Calamophylliopsis cervina Etallon 1860 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae
Gyrodendron proliferum
Gyrodendron proliferum Becker 1875 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae
Axosmilia infundibuliformis
Axosmilia infundibuliformis Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria lobata, Thamnasteria heterogenea
Thamnasteria lobata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Thamnasteria heterogenea Becker 1875 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
"Dimorphoseris dubia" = Dimorphastrea dubia, Dimorphastrea concentrica, Microphyllia soemmeringii, Latomeandra plicata, Latomeandra dubia
"Dimorphoseris dubia" = Dimorphastrea dubia Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Dimorphastrea concentrica Becker 1875 stony coral
Microphyllia soemmeringii Muenster 1829 stony coral
Latomeandra plicata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Latomeandra dubia Becker 1875 stony coral
Hexactinellida
 Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Craticularia parallela
Craticularia parallela Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
"Crispispongia expansa" = Oculospongia, Elasmostoma fomes n. sp., Stellispongia glomerata
"Crispispongia expansa" = Oculospongia calcareous sponge
Elasmostoma fomes n. sp. Müller 1984 calcareous sponge
Stellispongia glomerata calcareous sponge
Demospongiae
 Tetralithistida - Cylindrophymatidae
Cylindrophyma milleporata
Cylindrophyma milleporata Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
 Tabulospongida -
Pseudochaetetes polyporus
Pseudochaetetes polyporus demosponge
Listed as Eurysolenopora polypora