Eisenrichterstein, Germany: Priabonian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster sp. Agassiz 1835
2 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Argyrotheca sp. Dall 1900
8 specimens
Argyrotheca neapolitana
13 specimens
(Scacchi)
Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecidellinidae
Bifolium sp.
2 specimens
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Batoporidae
Batopora multiradiata
6 rank
Reuss
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Chlidoniopsidae
Chlidoniopsis tenerrima
common specimens
(Reuss)
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Tubuliporidae
Tubulipora dimidiata
1 specimen
(Reuss)
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
1 specimen
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium anceps
8 specimens
Meneghini
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Neritopsidae
Neritopsis pustulosa
10 specimens
Bellardi
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
1 specimen
sp. 1
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
1 specimen
sp. 2
Architectonica (Discotectonica) planoconcava
1 specimen
original and current combination Discotectonica
(Rouault)
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus ilsae
18 specimens
Kühn
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochus lucasianus Brongniart 1823
2 specimens
recombined as Tectus lucasianus
Brongniart
Trochus nicensis
4 specimens
Bellardi
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Scaphander fortisi
5 specimens
(Brongiart)
Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Velates schmiedelianus
1 specimen
Chemnitz
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella caecisutilis
2 specimens
Darga
Turritella gradataeformis
1 specimen
Schauroth
Gastropoda - Diastomatidae
Diastoma costellata (Lamarck 1804)
27 specimens
recombined as Diastoma costellatum
(Tournouer) subspecies alpina
Gastropoda - Planaxidae
Postalia sp. Oppenheim 1896
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Scala sp. Humphrey
1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Epitonium (Scala)
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Hipponix sp. (Defrance 1819)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica cepacea Lamarck 1804
4 specimens
recombined as Cepatia cepacea
Lamarck
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
1 specimen
Natica sigaretina (Lamarck 1804)
8 specimens
original and current combination Ampullaria sigaretina
(Lamarck)
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Capulus sp. Monfort 1810
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Clavilithes sp. Swainson 1840
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Voluta subzonata
2 specimens
Oppenheim
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Rostellaria goniophora (Bellardi 1852)
2 specimens
recombined as Lambis goniophora
Bellardi
Rimella retiae
1 specimen
(De Gregoria)
Gastropoda - Pediculariidae
Cypraea elegans Defrance 1826
2 specimens
recombined as Cypraedia elegans
Defrance
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Tugurium (Haliphoebus) sp. Fischer 1880
3 specimens
synonym of Onustus
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Ledella) striata (Lamarck 1805)
1 specimen
(Lamarck)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sumbargaritacea
rare-common category
Rouault
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Geukensia sp. Van de Poel 1959
2 specimens
Botula cordata
1 specimen
(Lamarck)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Chlamys) subdiscors
4 specimens
(D'Archiac)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna multisulcata
7 specimens
Mayer-Eymar
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca decipiens
28 specimens
Deshayes
Anadara sp. Gray 1847
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris dispar (Defrance 1826)
3 specimens
(Defrance)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Vepricardium (Hedecardium) alpinulum
18 specimens
original and current combination Hedecardium
(Mayer-Eymar)
Vepricardium (Hedecardium) bonellii
20 specimens
original and current combination Hedecardium
(Bellardi)
Laevicardium (Laevicardium) nicense
16 specimens
(Bellardi)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Solecurtus deshayesi
3 specimens
Des Moulins
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Tellina) praeplanata
7 specimens
Mayer-Eymar
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari (Garum) fischeri
10 specimens
(Herbert & Renever)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama clacarata
2 specimens
Lamarck
Chama latecostata
1 specimen
Bellardi
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Chama fimbriata Defrance 1817
1 specimen
Defrance
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solen sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea intermedia (Sowerby 1814)
1 specimen
(Sowerby)
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Clavagellidae
Clavagella (Stirpulina) coronata Deshayes 1824
14 specimens
recombined as Stirpulina coronata
Deshayes
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya puschi Goldfuss 1840
2 specimens
Goldfuss
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia (Thracia) bellardii
5 specimens
Pictet
Thracia (Thracia) prominensis
6 specimens
Oppenheim
Thracia (Thracia) stenochora
1 specimen
Rovereto
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae
Thyasira (Thyasira) brongniarti
1 specimen
(Deshayes)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Fimbria lamellosa
2 specimens
(Lamarck)
Pseudomiltha (Pseudomiltha) gigantea (Deshayes 1825)
1 specimen
recombined as Pseudomiltha gigantea
(Deshayes)
Lucina fuggeri
16 specimens
Deninger
Lucina reisi
9 specimens
Deninger
Lucina velai
11 specimens
Mayer-Eymar
Lucina vogli
9 specimens
Szöts
Lucina zitteli
12 specimens
Deninger
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella gigantea
2 specimens
Rovereto
Crassatella sinuosa
1 specimen
Deshayes
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita baziniformis
4 specimens
Oppenheim
Cardita hortensis
23 specimens
Vinassa de Regny
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae
Xantho sp. Leach 1804
7 specimens
Hydrozoa - Milleporina
Millepora depauperata Reuss 1864
common category
Reuss
Millepora mammillaris d'Achiardi 1867
common category
D'Achiardi
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia numisma (Defrance 1826)
rare category
(Defrance) Only in lagoonal sandstones
Astrocoenia lobatorotundata (Michelin 1842)
rare category
(Michelin)
Astrocoenia laminosa d'Achiardi 1866
rare category
D'Achiardi
Stylocoenia polytropostyla n. sp. Darga 1992
32 specimens
Darga
Stylocoenia taurinensis (Michelin 1842)
common category
(Michelin)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora thirsiformis (Michelotti 1847)
rare category
(Michelotti) Only in lagoonal sandstones and marls
Stylophora annulata Reuss 1864
abundant category
Reuss
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora haidingeri (Reuss 1864)
rare category
(Reuss)
Alveopora rudis Reuss 1864
1 specimen
Reuss
Astreopora tecta (Catullo 1856)
common category
(Catullo)
Astreopora meneghiniana (d'Achiardi 1866)
common category
(D'Achiardi)
Astreopora schedakena n. sp. Darga 1992
49 specimens
Darga
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea (Siderofungia) morloti (Reuss 1864)
1 specimen
recombined as Siderofungia morloti
(Reuss)
Siderastrea (Siderofungia) bella (Reuss 1864)
3 specimens
(Reuss)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora rudis (Reuss 1869)
rare-common category
(Reuss)
Goniopora microsiderea (Catullo 1856)
rare category
(Catullo)
Porites (Porites) nummulitica Reuss 1864
rare-common category
listed as P. (P.) nummuliticus
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Cyathoseris hypocrateriformis plant debris (Michelotti 1861)
1 specimen
(Michelotti)
Cyathoseris patula (Michelotti 1861)
18 specimens
(Michelotti)
Cyathoseris aff. oxylopha (Reuss 1864)
1 specimen
(Reuss)
Cyathoseris krepidoblasta Darga 1992
23 specimens
Darga
Trochoseris berica (Catullo 1856)
common category
(Catullo)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae
Acrosmilia zitteli (Reis 1889)
7 specimens
(Reis)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Cycloseris minuta Reuss 1870
24 specimens
Reuss
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyclolitidae
Cyclolitopsis cf. patera
4 specimens
(D'Achiardi)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
Pattalophyllia costata d'Achiardi 1881
5 specimens
D'Achiardi - In lagoonal sandstones only
    = Pattalophyllia grumi Catullo 1852
Baron-Szabo 2008
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea irradians (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)
6 specimens
(Milne-Edwards & Haime)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cunnolitidae
Cyclolites heberti Tournouer 1872
2 specimens
recombined as Cunnolites heberti
Tournouer
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Trochosmilia multisinuosa (Michelin 1846)
2 specimens
(Michelin) - In lagoonal sandstones only
Placosmilia bilobata (d'Achiardi 1868)
2 specimens
original and current combination Placosmiliopsis bilobatus
(D'Achiardi) Only in lagoonal sandstones
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Pachygyra savii d'Achiardi 1866
1 specimen
(D'Achiardi)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia exilis d'Achiardi 1875
1 specimen
D'Achiardi
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cladocora (Cladocora) multicaulis (Michelin 1842)
7 specimens
(Michelin)
Cladocora (Cladocora) tenuis (Reuss 1868)
7 specimens
(Reuss)
Caulastrea pseudoflabellum (Catullo 1852)
rare-common category
(Catullo)
Antiguastrea lucasiana (Defrance 1826)
common category
(Defrance)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Leptomussa variabilis d'Achiardi 1867
9 specimens
D'Achiardi
Diploria crebriformis (Michelotti 1838)
1 specimen
synonym of Variabilifavia confertissima
(Michelotti)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Ewaldocoenia pollaplasia Darga 1992
17 specimens
Darga
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia sp. Wood 1844
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Gorgonacea - Parisididae
Parisis brevis (d'Achiardi 1868)
common category
(D'Achiardi)
Anthozoa - Helioporacea - Helioporidae
Parapolytremacis bellardii (Haime 1852)
abundant category
(Haime)
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
common category
Florideophyceae - Corallinales
Archaeolithothamnium nummuliticum (Gümbel 1861)
rare category
Archaeolithothamnium oulianovi Pfender 1926
rare category
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Hydrolithaceae
Lithoporella minus Johnson 1964
rare category
Lithoporella melobesioides Foslie 1909
common category
Foslie
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinaceae
Jania nummulitica Lemoine 1927
rare category
Lemoine
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Spongitaceae
Neogoniolithon raripunctatum
very rare category
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Lithophyllaceae
Lithophyllum embergeri
rare category
Mastrorilli
Lithophyllum intumescens Mastrorilli 1967
rare category
Mastrorilli
Lithophyllum anguineum Conti 1945
very rare category
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Peyssonneliaceae
Peyssonnelia reposita
very rare category
[entered as Peysonsonnelia reposita]
Pseudolithothamnium album Pfender 1936
common category
recombined as Polystrata alba
Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Lithothamniacae
Lithothamnium torulosum Gumbel and Trauth 1918
common category
Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Mesophyllaceae
Mesophyllum prelichenoides Lemoine
rare category
(Lemoine)
Mesophyllum vaughani (Howe 1918)
rare category
(Howe)
Angiospermae - Violales - Flacourtiaceae
Oncoba cf. variabilis (Bowerbank 1840)
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Arecaceae
Nipa sp. (van Wurmb 1779)
1 specimen
original and current combination Nypa
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843
rare category
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Cymopolia sp. Lamouroux 1816
rare category
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bavaria
Coordinates: 47.2° North, 12.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.2° North, 11.0° East
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary - Middle Tertiary *Epoch:Late/Upper Eocene
*International age/stage:Early/Lower - Middle Priabonian - Early/Lower Priabonian
Key time interval:Priabonian
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Local section:Eisenrichterstein
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Early Priabonian age based on larger foraminifera and calcareous nannoplankton (NP16-NP22).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Lithology description: Reef limestone
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:replaced with calcite
Bioerosion:frequent
Encrustation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1729
Database number:10703
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling, U. Merkel
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2001-06-11 12:06:00 Last modified:2005-10-05 07:20:11
Access level:the public Released:2001-06-11 12:06:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

3977. R. Darga. 1992. Geologie, Paläontologie und Palökologie der südostbayerischen unter-priabonen (Ober-Eozän) Riffkalkvorkommen bei Hallthurm (Nördliche Kalkalpen) und der Kirchbergs bei Neubeuern (Helvetikum). Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen A23:1-166 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

29068 R. Baron-Szabo. 2008. Corals of the KT-boundary: Scleractinian corals of the suborders Dendrophylliina, Caryophylliina, Fungiina, Microsolenina, and Stylinina. Zootaxa 1952:1-244 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]