Mühlheim, "Schaudiberg" radiolarians, Solnhofen (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Bayern, Germany (48.9° N, 11.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 19.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Mörnsheim Formation (Weißjura Group), Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• 4,5 m above top Solnhofen Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, cherty/siliceous wackestone

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, acetic, sieve,

Primary reference: P. Zügel. 1997. Discovery of a radiolarian fauna from the Tithonian of the Solnhofen area (Southern Franconian Alb, southern Germany). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 71(3-4):197-209 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81855: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 17.07.2008, edited by Jonathan Tennant

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Spumellaria - Stylosphaeridae
Staurolonche aff. robusta Rüst 1885 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Deviatus deviatus radiolarian
ssp. hipposidericus
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Vallupus hopsoni Pessagno and Blome 1984 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pyramispongiidae
Pyramispongia barmsteinensis Steiger 1992 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Emiluviidae
Emiluvia sp. Foreman 1973 radiolarian
Emiluvia hopsoni Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pseudoaulophacidae
? Pseudoaulophacus pauliani Jud 1994 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Tritrabidae
Tritrabs ewingi Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
s. l.
 Spumellaria - Archaeospongoprunidae
Archaeospongoprunum tricostatum Steiger 1992 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Poulpidae
Saitoum elegans De Wever 1981 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Podocapsa amphitreptera Foreman 1973 radiolarian
Podobursa triacantha Fischli 1916 radiolarian
listed as Podobursa helvetica
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Parvicingula dhimenaensis Baumgartner 1984 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Canoptidae
 Nassellaria - Spongocapsulidae
Obesacapsula cetia Foreman 1973 radiolarian
Obesacapsula breggiensis Jud 1994 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Williriedellidae
Tricolocapsa campana Kiessling 1995 radiolarian
Cryptamphorella macropora Dumitrica 1970 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Sethocapsidae
Sethocapsa accincta Steiger 1992 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiellidae
Eucyrtidiellum pyramis Aita 1986 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Unumidae
Protunuma japonicus Matsuoka and Yao 1985 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
Archaeodictyomitra minoensis Mizutani 1981 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Pseudodictyomitridae
Pseudodictyomitra carpatica Lozyniak 1969 radiolarian
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
Triactoma tithonianum Rüst 1885 radiolarian
Triactoma foremanae Muzavor 1977 radiolarian
Triactoma aff. jonesi Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Reptilia
 Testudinata -
Eurysternum wagleri Meyer 1839 turtle