Bore Lullingen 2, depth 24m (Miocene of Germany)

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: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; unlithified, fine-grained, silty sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

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 62929: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.08.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• rare = 2-4 specimens, not common = 5-10 specimens, common = 11-50 specimens, very common = >51 specimens
Foraminifera
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
Bulimina elongata d'Orbigny 1846
Nodosariata
 Robertinida - Ceratobuliminidae
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Guttulina problema d'Orbigny 1826
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides lobatulus
incl. 1 specimen C. lobatulus var. ornatus
Cibicides dutemplei dOrbigny 1846
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
  -
"Marginulina akneriana" = Cristellaria (Marginulina), "Marginulina hirsuta" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina akneriana" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina hirsuta" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
  - Spiroplectamminidae
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
Martinottiella communis Huang et al. 2019
 Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae
Uvigerina semiornata
6 specimens U. semiornata for. semiornata and 1 specimen U. semiornata for. brunnensis
 Discorbacea - Bagginidae
Cancris auriculus Fichtel and Moll 1798
 Asterigerinacea - Asterigerinidae
Asterigerina guerichi
A. gürichi staeschi
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Stephanophyllia imperialis Michelin 1841 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
"Amaea (Scalina) subreticula" = Scalina2
"Amaea (Scalina) subreticula" = Scalina2 wentletrap
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"Bittium (Bittium) spina" = Bittium spina2
"Bittium (Bittium) spina" = Bittium spina2 Partsch 1856 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora deshayesi2 Michelotti 1847 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Triforidae
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
"Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) pseudoterebralis" = Pyrgolampros3, "Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) undulata" = Pyrgolampros3, Turbonilla (Mormula) cf. miomutiniensis3, Turbonilla (Turbonilla) koeneniana3
"Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) pseudoterebralis" = Pyrgolampros3 snail
sensu JANSSEN
"Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) undulata" = Pyrgolampros3 snail
sensu JANSSEN
Turbonilla (Turbonilla) koeneniana3 snail
sensu JANSSEN
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
 Thecosomata - Limacinidae
Limacina valvatina3 Reuss 1867 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Arcida - Limopsidae
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) anomala" = Limopsis1 clam
Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita1 Brocchi 1814 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pseudamussium lilli1 Pusch 1837 scallop
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba1 Oliva 1792 clam
C. (V.) gibba gibba
 Cardiida - Glossidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
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
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte (Astarte) radiata1 Nyst and Westendorp 1839 clam
Astarte radiata fa. convexior
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Nuculana (Saccella) westendorpi" = Saccella westendorpi1
"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 - Membraniporidae