Bore Kevelaer, depth 50m (Miocene of Germany)

Where: North Rhein-Westfalia, Germany (51.6° N, 6.3° 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-Bislicher stage

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, fine-grained, micaceous, brown, gray, green, silty sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collection methods: core, mechanical, peroxide, sieve,

• well drilling, 1994

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 62892: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.08.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides lobatulus
incl. 2 specimens C. lobatulus var. ornatus
Cibicides dutemplei dOrbigny 1846
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
  - Spiroplectamminidae
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
Martinottiella communis Huang et al. 2019
 Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae
Uvigerina semiornata
23 specimens U. semiornata for. semiornata, 1 specimen U. semiornata for. kusteri and 2 specimens U. semiornata for. brunnensis
 Asterigerinacea - Asterigerinidae
Asterigerina guerichi
A. gürichi staeschi
 Nodosariacea - Glandulinidae
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea (Calyptraea) chinensis2 Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"Bittium (Bittium) spina" = Bittium spina2
"Bittium (Bittium) spina" = Bittium spina2 Partsch 1856 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Conus (Conolithus) sensu lato antediluvianus" = Conus (Conolithes)3
"Conus (Conolithus) sensu lato antediluvianus" = Conus (Conolithes)3 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Semicassis (Echinophoria) bicoronata" = Echinophoria2
"Semicassis (Echinophoria) bicoronata" = Echinophoria2 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora deshayesi2 Michelotti 1847 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet.2 Guilding 1834 moon snail
Naticidae juv. et indet.
"Natica sensu lato tigrina" = Cochlis tigrina2 Röding 1798 moon snail
Euspira staringi2 moon snail
Euspira helicina2 Brocchi 1814 moon snail
E. aggr. helicina
Tectonatica mevsi2 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triforidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
Circulus hennei2 Glibert 1952 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
"Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) pseudoterebralis" = Pyrgolampros3 snail
sensu JANSSEN
"Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) undulata" = Pyrgolampros3 snail
sensu JANSSEN
Turbonilla (Turbonilla) koeneniana3 snail
sensu JANSSEN
Turbonilla (Mormula) "sp. 3"3 Adams 1864 snail
Turbonilla (Mormula) "sp. 5"3 Adams 1864 snail
Chrysallida (Pyrgulina) pygmaea3 Grateloup 1838 snail
Ch. pygmaea f. belgica
Chrysallida (Parthenina) "sp. 1"3 Bucquoy et al. 1883 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
"Tornatina bellardi" = Bulla (Tornatina)3
"Tornatina bellardi" = Bulla (Tornatina)3 snail
 Opisthobranchia -
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Arcida - Limopsidae
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) anomala" = Limopsis1 clam
Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita1 Brocchi 1814 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pseudamussium lilli1 Pusch 1837 scallop
 Poromyida - Verticordiidae
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba1 Oliva 1792 clam
C. (V.) gibba gibba
 Cardiida - Glossidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima1 Montagu 1803 venus clam
Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella1 Lamarck 1818 venus clam
V. (V.) multilamella multilamella
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Habecardium subturgidum" = Laevicardium (Habecardium)1
"Habecardium subturgidum" = Laevicardium (Habecardium)1 cockle
H. subturgidum subturgidum
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Angulus (Peronidia) posterus" = Tellina (Peronidia)1
"Angulus (Peronidia) posterus" = Tellina (Peronidia)1 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte (Astarte) radiata1 Nyst and Westendorp 1839 clam
Astarte radiata fa. radiata 4 specimens, Astarte radiata fa. convexior 50 specimens
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia sp.1 Conrad 1867 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoma haesendoncki1 nut clam
N. haesendoncki hanseata
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Jupiteria) curvirostris1, "Nuculana (Saccella) westendorpi" = Saccella westendorpi1
Nuculana (Jupiteria) curvirostris1 de Cserna 1961 pointed nut clam
"Nuculana (Saccella) westendorpi" = Saccella westendorpi1 Nyst and Westendorp 1839 pointed nut clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
"Portlandia (Yoldiella) pygmaea" = Yoldiella1, Yoldia (Yoldia) glaberrima1
"Portlandia (Yoldiella) pygmaea" = Yoldiella1 clam
Yoldia (Yoldia) glaberrima1 von Münster 1837 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Pseudantalis aturensis" = Dentalium (Pseudantilis)1 tusk shell
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae
 Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae