Hainholz, Hildesheim, Germany: Late/Upper Oxfordian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea - Comatulida - Solanocrinitidae
Solanocrinites costatus de Loriol 1884
Helm et al. 2003 1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Dichotomosphinctes bifurcatoides
Helm et al. 2003 1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Rhipidogyra costata Becker 1875
common category
solitary
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria concinna (Goldfuss 1826)
Bertling 1993 16 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea pentagonalis (Goldfuss 1829)
common category
hemispherical
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Meandraraea parallela
abundant category
flat
Actinarea granulata
common category
original and current combination Actinaraea
flat
Actinarea cf. minuta
1 specimen
original and current combination Actinaraea
flat
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophylliopsis cf. stockesi (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
rare category
phaceloid
Calamophylliopsis flabellum (de Blainville 1830)
rare category
phaceloid
Calamophylliopsis moreauana (Michelin 1843)
rare category
dendroid
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Dimorpharaea muensteri
common category
flat
Dimorpharaea sp. de Fromentel 1861
1 specimen
flat
Comoseris minima Beauvais 1964
1 specimen
flat
Microsolena agariciformis Etallon 1859
abundant category
flat
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
cf. Latiastrea sp. Beauvais 1964
1 specimen
bulbous
Ovalastrea cf. lobata (Koby 1884)
1 specimen
bulbous
Fungiastraea arachnoides (Parkinson 1808)
abundant category
plate
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea heliantoides
rare category
flat
Isastrea crassa (Goldfuss 1826)
Bertling 1993 11 specimens
Thecosmilia trichotoma (Goldfuss 1826)
common category
synonym of Thecosmilia densa
phaceloid
Montlivaltia obconica (Münster 1829)
common category
solitary
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Solenocoeniidae
Convexastrea sexradiata (Goldfuss 1826)
1 specimen
recombined as Solenocoenia sexradiata
bulbous
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
cf. Convexastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849
1 specimen
ramos
Pseudocoenia cf. baltovensis Roniewicz 1966
1 specimen
recombined as Adelocoenia baltovensis
hemispherical
Pseudocoenia limbata (Goldfuss 1829)
rare category
recombined as Adelocoenia limbata
bulbous
Pseudocoenia cf. slovenica Turnsek 1972
rare category
synonym of Adelocoenia parvistella
bulbous
Pseudocoenia fromenteli (Beauvais 1964)
common category
synonym of Adelocoenia splendens
hemispherical
Goniocora socialis (Roemer 1836)
rare category
dendroid
Goniocora pumila (Quenstedt 1852)
rare category
dendroid
Stylina tubulifera (Phillips 1829)
common category
hemispherical
Stylina parviramosa Beauvais 1964
1 specimen
flat
aff. Stylina aff. parviramosa Beauvais 1964
1 specimen
bulbous
cf. Pseudocoeniopsis cf. longisepta
1 specimen
bulbous
Stylosmilia corallina Koby 1881
common category
dendroid
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
Cladophyllia rollieri (Koby 1888)
common category
Calamophyllia rollieri
dendroid
Cladophyllia dichotoma (Goldfuss 1826)
rare category
dendroid
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Pseudocoenia cf. suboctonis d'Orbigny 1850
rare category
synonym of Cryptocoenia castellum
flat
Pseudocoenia sp. d'Orbigny 1850
1 specimen
flat
cf. Pseudocoenia sp. d'Orbigny 1850
1 specimen
flat
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 52.2° North, 10.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.3° North, 18.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Oxfordian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
*Period:Late/Upper Jurassic *Epoch:Malm
*International age/stage:Late/Upper Oxfordian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Oxfordian
Age range of interval:157.90000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Unterer Korallenoolith Member:Obere Korallenbank
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified rudstone
Secondary lithology: lithified framestone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Reworked corals with rare in-situ coral patch reefs
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Size sorting:poor
Fragmentation:frequent
Bioerosion:frequent
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Oyster reported to be common, no bryozoans and Thecids
Taxonomic list comments:Only corals described
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 548
Database number:23910
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-07-24 04:12:04 Last modified:2003-05-13 08:47:40
Access level:the public Released:2002-07-24 04:12:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

8494. C. Helm, M. Reuter, and I. Schülke. 2003. Die Korallenfauna des Korallenooliths (Oxfordium, Oberjura, NW-Deutschland): Zusammensetzung, Stratigraphie und regionale Verbreitung. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 77(1):77-94 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

6781 M. Bertling. 1993. Riffkorallen im norddeutschen Oberjura - Taxonomie, Ökologie, Verteilung. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 226:77-123 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/J. Alroy]
13468 C. Helm, M. Reuter, and I. Schülke. 2003. Comatulid crinoid from Late Jurassic reefal deposits of NW Germany (Lower Saxony Basin). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 2003(9):513-528 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]