Moenkeberg, Hannover, Germany: Late/Upper Oxfordian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Actinarea granulata
11 specimens
original and current combination Actinaraea
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia obconica (Münster 1829)
50 specimens
Isastrea helianthoides (Goldfuss 1826)
250 specimens
Thecosmilia trichotoma (Goldfuss 1826)
200 specimens
synonym of Thecosmilia densa
Thecosmilia costata de Fromentel 1861
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diplocteniopsidae
Latiphyllia confluens (Quenstedt 1843)
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena agariciformis Etallon 1859
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina delabechei Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
2 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria seriata (Becker 1875)
38 specimens
Thamnasteria concinna (Goldfuss 1826)
250 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 52.4° North, 9.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.5° North, 17.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
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
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified rudstone
Lithology description: Reworked corals.
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: Nutrient-rich water inferred
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:none
Bioerosion:extreme
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,peel or thin section,field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: No bryozoans, no thecids, one serpulid species
Taxonomic list comments:Only corals included
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3185
Database number:23921
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-07-24 05:50:55 Last modified:2002-07-24 09:12:01
Access level:the public Released:2002-07-24 05:50:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6781. M. Bertling. 1993. Riffkorallen im norddeutschen Oberjura - Taxonomie, Ökologie, Verteilung. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 226:77-123 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/J. Alroy]