Where: North Rhein-Westfalia, Germany (51.5° N, 6.2° E: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 4.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• Reinbek-Dingdener or Reinbek-Bislicher stage
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; unlithified, fine-grained, silty sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collection methods: core, mechanical, peroxide, sieve,
• well drilling, 1992
Primary reference: G. Wienrich. 1997. Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 1 Foraminiferen, Anthozoen. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden 1:1-187 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 61899: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 07.07.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
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Globothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Spiroplectammina carinata d'Orbigny 1846 | |
Nodosariata | |
Lenticulina (Lenticulina) calcar, Lenticulina (Lenticulina) crassa, Lenticulina (Lenticulina) rotulata, Lenticulina (Lenticulina) inornata, Lenticulina (Robulus) cultrata, Lenticulina (Robulus) depauperata, Lenticulina (Robulus) similis, Lenticulina (Robulus) ornata
Lenticulina (Lenticulina) rotulata Lamarck 1804
Lenticulina (Lenticulina) inornata d'Orbigny 1846 | |
Lenticulina (Robulus) vortex, Vaginulina obtusicosta, Dentalina obliquestriata, Dentalina intermittens, Dentalina bifurcata, Dentalina konincki, Nodosaria grandis
Lenticulina (Robulus) vortex Fichtel and Moll 1798
Dentalina konincki Reuss 1861 | |
Sigmomorphina sp., Globulina gibba, Pyrulina fusiformis, Guttulina problema, Pseudopolymorphina subnodosa
Sigmomorphina sp. Cushman and Ozawa 1928
Guttulina problema d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Foraminifera | |
Textularia gramen dOrbigny 1846 | |
Polychaeta | |
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Scaphopoda | |
Fissidentalium twistringense1, "Pseudantalis aturensis" = Dentalium (Pseudantilis)1, Lentigodentalium pseudomutabile1
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Gastropoda | |
Opalia (Nodiscala) rugatina2, "Amaea (Scalina) subreticula" = Scalina2, Cirsotrema (Cirsotrema) crassicostatum2
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"Conus (Conolithus) sensu lato antediluvianus" = Conus (Conolithes)3
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Chrysallida (Pyrgulina) "sp. 2"3, Chrysallida (Pyrgulina) pygmaea3, Chrysallida (Parthenina) cimbrica3, Chrysallida (Parthenina) "sp. 1"3, "Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) pseudoterebralis" = Pyrgolampros3, "Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) undulata" = Pyrgolampros3, Turbonilla (Turbonilla) gastaldi3, Pyramidella (Voluspa) plicosa3, Odostomia (Megastomia) tuexeni3, Syrnola hoernesi3, Syrnola neumayri3
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Bivalvia | |
"Nuculana (Saccella) westendorpi" = Saccella westendorpi1
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"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis1
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Astarte (Astarte) radiata1 Nyst and Westendorp 1839 clam Astarte radiata fa. radiata 4 specimens, Astarte radiata fa. convexior 24 specimens
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"Pododesmus (Heteranomia) squamula" = Heteranomia squamula1
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Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita1, "Limopsis (Pectunculina) anomala" = Limopsis1, Limopsis (Pectunculina) lamellata1
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Rhynchonellata | |
Cryptopora sp.1 Jeffreys 1869 | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Anthozoa | |
Stephanophyllia imperialis Michelin 1841 stony coral | |
Deltocyathus reussi stony coral | |
"Cylindrophyllia duncani" = Peponocyathus duncani
"Cylindrophyllia duncani" = Peponocyathus duncani Reuss 1871 stony coral | |
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral |