PBDB Collection

Erkenbrechtsweiler, Swabian Alb (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (48.6° N, 9.4° E: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 17.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• upper White Jurassic Gamma and lower White Jurassic Delta

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Pisera. 1997. Upper Jurassic siliceous sponges from the Swabian Alb: taxonomy and paleoecology. Palaeontologia Polonica 57:3-216 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74050: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.07.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Radicispongia
-	Radicispongia radiciformis Radicispongia radiciformis Goldfuss 1826
Hexactinellida
Lychniscosa - Sporadopylidae	Sporadopyle obliqua, Sporadopyle pusilla Sporadopyle obliqua Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge Sporadopyle pusilla Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
Lychniscosa - Pachyteichismatidae	Trochobolus labyrinthicus, Trochobolus cupulus, Trochobolus texatus, Trochobolus suevicus, Trochobolus cylindratus Trochobolus labyrinthicus Schrammen 1937 glass sponge Trochobolus cupulus Schrammen 1937 glass sponge Trochobolus texatus Goldfuss 1833 glass sponge Trochobolus suevicus Schrammen 1937 glass sponge Trochobolus cylindratus Oppliger 1915 glass sponge
Lychniscosa - Cypelliidae	Cypellia trabeculata, Cypellia rugosa Cypellia trabeculata Quenstedt 1878 glass sponge Cypellia rugosa Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Hexasterophora -	Hexactinosa indet. Hexactinosa indet. Schrammen 1903 glass sponge
Hexactinosa -	Porospongia marginata, Tremaphorus apertus Porospongia marginata Goldfuss 1829 glass sponge Tremaphorus apertus Oppliger 1915 glass sponge
Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae	? Cribrospongia tesselata, Cribrospongia cucullata, "Walcotella pertusa" = Keuppiella pertusa ? Cribrospongia tesselata glass sponge Cribrospongia cucullata glass sponge "Walcotella pertusa" = Keuppiella pertusa Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Hexactinosa - Euretidae	Ramispongia ramosa, Ordinatus texturatus, Linonema calyx Ramispongia ramosa Quenstedt 1877 glass sponge Ordinatus texturatus Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge Linonema calyx Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae	Laocoetis sp., Laocoetis striatopunctata, Laocoetis procumbens, Laocoetis tubifera, Laocoetis clathrata, "Laocoetis parallela" = Craticularia parallela, Sphenaulax irregularis n. sp., Sphenaulax costata, "Laocoetis schweiggeri" = Dictyonocoelia schweiggeri, "Laocoetis lineata" = Dictyonocoelia lineatum Laocoetis sp. Pomel 1872 glass sponge Laocoetis striatopunctata Schrammen 1937 glass sponge Laocoetis procumbens Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge Laocoetis tubifera Schrammen 1937 glass sponge Laocoetis clathrata Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge "Laocoetis parallela" = Craticularia parallela Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge Sphenaulax irregularis n. sp. Pisera 1997 glass sponge Sphenaulax costata Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge "Laocoetis schweiggeri" = Dictyonocoelia schweiggeri Goldfuss 1829 glass sponge "Laocoetis lineata" = Dictyonocoelia lineatum Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
Calcarea
Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae	Peronidella cylindrica, "Tubispongia pisum" = Eudea pisum Peronidella cylindrica Goldfuss 1826 calcareous sponge "Tubispongia pisum" = Eudea pisum Quenstedt 1877 calcareous sponge
Demospongiae
Agelasida - Sestrostomellidae	"Myrmecidium hemisphaericum" = Epitheles hemisphaerica "Myrmecidium hemisphaericum" = Epitheles hemisphaerica Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
Monalithistida - Lecanellidae	Lecanella "sp. A", Lecanella "sp. B", Lecanella pateraeformis Lecanella "sp. A" Zittel 1878 demosponge Lecanella "sp. B" Zittel 1878 demosponge Lecanella pateraeformis Zittel 1878 demosponge
Tetralithistida - Cylindrophymatidae	Coscinodiscus sp., Cylindrophyma milleporata Coscinodiscus sp. Schrammen 1937 demosponge Cylindrophyma milleporata Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
Spirosclerophorida - Scleritodermatidae	Epistomella sp. Epistomella sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge
Spirosclerophorida -	Reiswigia sp. Reiswigia sp. Trammer 1979 demosponge
Spirosclerophorida - Platychoniidae	"Platychonia striata" = Chonellopsis striata, "Platychonia folium" = Chonellopsis folium, Platychonia schlotheimi "Platychonia striata" = Chonellopsis striata Schrammen 1937 demosponge "Platychonia folium" = Chonellopsis folium Schrammen 1937 demosponge Platychonia schlotheimi Goldfuss 1833 demosponge
Spirosclerophorida - Cnemidiastridae	"Cnemidiastrum rimulosum" = Cnemopeltia (Cnemopeltia) rimulosum, "Cnemidiastrum pluristellatum" = Cnemidiastrum (Tremastrum) pluristellatum, Cnemidiastrum stellatum "Cnemidiastrum rimulosum" = Cnemopeltia (Cnemopeltia) rimulosum Goldfuss 1826 demosponge "Cnemidiastrum pluristellatum" = Cnemidiastrum (Tremastrum) pluristellatum Zittel 1878 demosponge Cnemidiastrum stellatum Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
Spirosclerophorida - Discostromatidae	"Pyrgochonia radiata" = Pyrgochonia (Actinostrombus) radiata, Hyalotragos rugosum, Hyalotragos pezizoides, Hyalotragos patella "Pyrgochonia radiata" = Pyrgochonia (Actinostrombus) radiata Goldfuss 1829 demosponge Hyalotragos rugosum demosponge Hyalotragos pezizoides Goldfuss 1833 demosponge Hyalotragos patella Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
Megalithistida - Carterellidae	Pachycothon quenstedti Pachycothon quenstedti demosponge
Megalithistida - Pleromatidae	? Heterostinia sp., Megalithista sp. ? Heterostinia sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge Megalithista sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge