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• Complete lists with sometimes outdated names, partial revisions of Bertling (1993, corals) considered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