Fahrenbergmulde, Oberaudorf, Branderfleck Formation, fauna 2, Bavaria (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Germany (47.7° N, 12.2° E: paleocoordinates 30.4° N, 14.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Branderfleck Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, silty sandstone

• litharenite

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. Smettan. 1997. Bivalven, Gastropoden und Serpuliden aus den Branderfleckschichten (Cenoman) der Fahrenbergmulde (Nördliche Kalkalpen, Bayern): Taxonomie und Palökologie [Bivalves, gastropods and serpulids from the Branderfleck Formation (Cenomanian) of Fahrenbergmulde (Bavarian Alps): taxonomy and palaeoecology]. Zitteliana 21:99-158 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66776: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.10.2006, edited by Austin Hendy and Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• fauna 2: Rhynchostreon plicatulum-Torquesia vibrayeana assemblage
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Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Gastropoda
 Pseudomelanoidea - Trajanellidae
Trajanella stoliczkai
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Torquesia vibrayeana, Torquesia granulata
Torquesia vibrayeana d'Orbigny 1842 turret shell
Torquesia granulata Sowerby 1827 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
? Vexillum roemeri
? Vexillum roemeri ribbed mitre
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Perissoptera cf. parkinsoni
Perissoptera cf. parkinsoni Mantell 1822 snail
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea sp.
Nerinea sp. Deshayes 1827 snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonellidae
Actaeonella browni
Actaeonella browni Sohl and Kollmann 1985 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
"Nerita" sp., ? Otostoma michaillensis
"Nerita" sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Eriphyla striata
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
? Venilicardia quadrata, ""Cyprina" sp." = Arctica
""Cyprina" sp." = Arctica Schumacher 1817 clam
type 1a and 1b
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Paraesa subfaba, "Venus" sp.
Paraesa subfaba venus clam
"Venus" sp. Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia hillana, Granocardium sp.
Protocardia hillana Sowerby 1813 cockle
Granocardium sp. Gabb 1869 cockle
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus cf. typicus, Inoperna flagellifera
Modiolus cf. typicus Forbes 1846 mussel
Inoperna flagellifera Forbes 1846 mussel
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris obsoletus2
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca carteroni
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus cf. conicus, Inoceramus cf. flavus, "Inoceramus pictus" = Inoceramus (Inoceramus) pictus
"Inoceramus pictus" = Inoceramus (Inoceramus) pictus Sowerby 1829 clam
subspecies concentricoundulatus
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cf. decussata
Pinna cf. decussata Goldfuss 1837 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Pseudoptera glabra, ? Aguileria sp., ? Aguileria cf. accuminata, Gervillia cf. solenoidea, Gervillaria alaeformis
? Aguileria sp. White 1887 oyster
Gervillia cf. solenoidea Defrance 1820 oyster
Gervillaria alaeformis Sowerby 1819 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Rhynchostreon plicatulum
Rhynchostreon plicatulum Lamarck 1819 oyster
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta aff. nilssoni
Atreta aff. nilssoni Hagenow 1842 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma hoernesi
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia cf. papyracea
Anomia cf. papyracea Orbigny 1847 jingle
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
"Neithea aequicostata" = Neithea (Neithea) aequicostata
"Neithea aequicostata" = Neithea (Neithea) aequicostata Lamarck 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp.
Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida -
Nautilida indet.1
Nautilida indet.1 Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Cymatoceras cf. robustus
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Rotularia mammilata
1Clapham 2015; 2Hendy et al. 2008