Bore Lullingen 2, depth 41m (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 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 62958: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 02.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

• rare = 2-4 specimens, not common = 5-10 specimens, common = 11-50 specimens, very common = >51 specimens
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet.2 Guilding 1834 moon snail
Naticidae juv. et indet.
Euspira staringi2 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
"Vexillum (Uromitra) boreocinctum" = Uromitra3
"Vexillum (Uromitra) boreocinctum" = Uromitra3 ribbed mitre
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Pseudantalis aturensis" = Dentalium (Pseudantilis)1 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita1 Brocchi 1814 clam
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) anomala" = Limopsis1 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte (Astarte) radiata1 Nyst and Westendorp 1839 clam
Astarte radiata fa. radiata
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia sp.1 Conrad 1867 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Cavilucina (Goniomyrtea) droueti" = Gonimyrtea droueti1
"Cavilucina (Goniomyrtea) droueti" = Gonimyrtea droueti1 Nyst 1861 clam
C. droueti droueti
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella1 Lamarck 1818 venus clam
V. (V.) multilamella multilamella
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba1 Oliva 1792 clam
C. (V.) gibba gibba
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Guttulina problema d'Orbigny 1826
 Robertinida - Ceratobuliminidae
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Foraminifera
 Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae
Uvigerina semiornata
U. semiornata for. semiornata
 Asterigerinacea - Asterigerinidae
Asterigerina guerichi
37 specimens A. gürichi staeschi and 1 specimen A. gürichi frankei
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
Martinottiella communis Huang et al. 2019
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
  - Spiroplectamminidae
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides lobatulus
incl. 3 specimens C. lobatulus var. ornatus
Cibicides dutemplei dOrbigny 1846
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Foraminifera
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"Marginulina akneriana" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina akneriana" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)