Willebadessen, Astarte-Bank: Anisian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona (Vioa) lenticula
Busse 1972 abundant category
21-40 specimens
Crinoidea - Encrinida - Encrinidae
Encrinus liliiformis Lamarck 1801
Busse 1972 common category
5-20 specimens
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Miocidaridae
Miocidaris sp. Döderlein 1887
Busse 1972 rare category
2-4 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema johannis
Busse 1972 rare category
L. johannis boehmi 2-4 specimens
Loxonema spp.
Busse 1972 common category
5-20 specimens
Loxonema (Heterocosmia) turritum
Busse 1972 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia sp. de Koninck 1883
Busse 1972 rare category
2-4 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
? Ptychomphalina camerata
Busse 1972 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Coelostylinidae
? Pustularia sp. Swainson 1840
Busse 1972 1 specimen
    = Pustulifer sp. Cossmann 1909
Wagner 2023
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Naticella spitzi
Busse 1972 common category
synonym of Polinices
including N. spitzi semicostata 6-21 specimens
cf. Protonerita coarctata (Quenstedt 1850)
Busse 1972 rare category
original and current combination Natica coarctata
2-4 specimens
Gastropoda
cf. Protonerita spirata (von Schlotheim 1820)
Busse 1972 1 specimen
original and current combination Neritites spiratus
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
cf. Chemnitzia hehli
Busse 1972 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticopsidae
Hologyra eyerichi (Noetling 1880)
Busse 1972 rare category
recombined as Naticopsis (Dicosmos) eyerichi
2-4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neritariidae
Trachynerita sp. Kittl 1894
Busse 1972 rare category
2-4 specimens
? Neritaria sp. Koken 1892
Busse 1972 common category
5-20 specimens
Neritaria cf. mandelslohi (Klipstein 1843)
Busse 1972 common category
5-20 specimens
Neritaria matercula (Quenstedt 1884)
Busse 1972 rare category
2-4 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula goldfussi (Alberti 1863)
Busse 1972 common category
misspelling Nucula goldfussii
5-20 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nucula elliptica Goldfuss 1837
Busse 1972 1 specimen
recombined as Leda elliptica
Leda cf. becki Philippi 1898
Busse 1972 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Myophoria elegans (Dunker 1849)
Busse 1972 abundant category
recombined as Elegantinia elegans
21-40 specimens
Myophoria vulgaris (von Schlotheim 1820)
Busse 1972 common category
original and current combination Trigonellites vulgaris
M. vulgaris vulgaris 5-20 specimens
Myophoria cf. vulgaris (von Schlotheim 1820)
Busse 1972 common category
original and current combination Trigonellites vulgaris
5-20 specimens
Myophoria germanica Hohenstein 1914
Busse 1972 abundant category
> 42 specimens
Myophoria cf. cardissoides Ziethen 1830
Busse 1972 1 specimen
recombined as Neoschizodus cardissoides
Myophoria ovata (Goldfuss 1838)
Busse 1972 common category
recombined as Neoschizodus ovatus
including M. ovata trigona 7-24 specimens
Myophoria laevigata (Ziethen 1830)
Busse 1972 common category
recombined as Neoschizodus laevigatus
5-20 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Myophoricardiidae
Myophoriopis sandbergeri
Busse 1972 rare category
2-4 specimens [entered as Myophoriopsis sandbergeri]
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816
Busse 1972 rare category
2-4 specimens
Astarte triasina n. sp. Roemer 1851
abundant category
recombined as Astartellopsis triasina
abundance based on Busse (1972) >42
? Corbula triasina n. sp.
    = Astarte triasina Roemer 1851
Kiessling 2003
recombined as Astartellopsis triasina
Astarte subaequilatera n. sp. Roemer 1851
common category
recombined as Astartellopsis triasina subaequilatera
abundance based on Busse (1972) 5-20
Astarte willebadessensis n. sp. Roemer 1851
common category
recombined as Astartellopsis triasina willebadessensis
abundance based on Busse (1972) 5-20
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Schafhaeutlia hohensteini
Busse 1972 common category
5-20 specimens
Schafhaeutlia sp. Cossmann 1897
Busse 1972 rare category
2-4 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya schmidi
Busse 1972 common category
5-20 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
? Pleuromya sp. (Meek 1873)
Busse 1972 rare category
original and current combination Myacites (Pleuromya)
2-4 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Mytilus inflexus n. sp. Schmidt 1928
common category
abundance based on Busse (1972), there: Modiola inflexa 5-20
    = Myoconcha sp. Sowerby 1824
Busse 1983
Myoconcha gastrochaena (Giebel 1856)
Busse 1972 rare category
replaced by Myoconcha giebeli
2-4 specimens
Myoconcha muelleri Giebel 1856
Busse 1972 common category
5-20 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
? Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
Busse 1972 abundant category
21-40 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Tancredia beneckei Philippi 1898
Busse 1972 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Anoplophora cf. muensteri (Wissmann 1841)
Busse 1972 1 specimen
original and current combination Unionites muensteri
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Myoconcha goldfussi (Dunker 1849)
Busse 1972 rare category
original and current combination Modiola goldfussi
2-4 specimens
Bivalvia - Pterioida - Prospondylidea
Enantiostreon difforme (Schlotheim 1820)
Busse 1972 abundant category
recombined as Terquemia difformis
21-40 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Macrodon beyrichi (Strombeck 1849)
Busse 1972 common category
recombined as Parallelodon beyrichii
5-20 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca triasina n. sp.
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Mysidiellidae
Mytilus eduliformis Schlotheim 1820
Busse 1972 common category
recombined as Promysidiella eduliformis
M. eduliformis praecursor 5-20 specimens
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalina blezingeri
Busse 1972 rare category
2-4 specimens
Myalina sp. de Koninck 1842
Busse 1972 rare category
2-4 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Gervilleia goldfussi
Busse 1972 common category
5-20 specimens
    = Gervillia goldfussi von Strombeck 1849
Vokes 1980
original and current combination Pterinea goldfussi
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
? Gervilleia sp. (Defrance 1820)
Busse 1972 common category
5-20 specimens
    = Gervillia sp. Defrance 1820
Vokes 1980
Gervilleia cf. costata (Schlotheim 1820)
Busse 1972 common category
5-20 specimens
    = Gervillia cf. costata Schlotheim 1820
Vokes 1980
recombined as Bakevellia costata
Hoernesia socialis (Schlotheim 1823)
Busse 1972 rare category
2-4 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Enantiostreon cf. spondyloides Schlotheim 1823
Busse 1972 common category
recombined as Umbrostrea spondyloides
5-20 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
? Prospondylus sp. Zimmerman 1886
Busse 1972 rare category
2-4 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima striata (Schlotheim 1820)
Busse 1972 common category
recombined as Plagiostoma striatum
5-20 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Prospondylidae
Ostrea willebadessensis n. sp.
rare category
abundance based on Busse (1972) 2-4
    = ? Enantiostreon sp. Bittner 1901
Busse 1972
?
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis ostracina (Schlotheim 1820)
Busse 1972 rare category
2-4 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Terquemiidae
Philippiella noetlingi Frech 1912
Busse 1972 common category
5-20 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium discites (Schlotheim 1820)
Busse 1972 abundant category
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Germanonautilus sp. von Mojsisovics 1902
Busse 1983
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Coenothyris vulgaris (Schlotheim 1820)
Busse 1972 common category
5-20 specimens
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula tenuissima Bronn 1837
Busse 1983
recombined as Lingularia tenuissima
Tentaculita - Microconchida
Spirorbis valvata (Munster 1831)
Busse 1972 rare category
recombined as Microconchus valvatus
2-4 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Hessen
Coordinates: 51.6° North, 9.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.9° North, 18.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Anisian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Anisian
Age range of interval:247.20000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Muschelkalk Formation:Trochitenkalk
Local section:Willebadessen Local bed:Astarte Bank
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: The Oberer Tochitenkalk belongs to the upper part of the Muschelkalk Formation of Willebadessen and belongs to the robustus-zone. The Astarte-Bank forms part of the uppermost Oberer Trochitenkalk.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: oolithic limestone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:38545
Authorizer:M. Aberhan, A. Miller, P. Wagner, W. Kiessling Enterer:S. Nurnberg, P. Wagner, A. Hendy, W. Kiessling
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-04-24 06:52:03 Last modified:2022-11-09 15:12:30
Access level:the public Released:2004-04-24 06:52:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10331. F. Roemer. 1851. Über einige neue Versteinerungen aus dem Muschelkalk von Willebadessen. Palaeontographica 1:311-315 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]

Secondary references:

10366 E. Busse. 1972. Fazies und Fauna des Oberen Muschelkalkes von Willebadessen. Philippia 1(3):110-126 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Uhen]
103531% E. Busse. 1983. Die stratigraphische Lage der "Astarte-Bank" im Oberen Muschelkalk (Anis/Ladin) von Willebadessen/Westfalen. Stratigraphic position of Astarte bank in upper Muschelkalk (Anisian/Ladinian) of Willebadessen, Westphalia. Geologisches Jahrbuch Hessen 111:161-164 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]
58420 A. V. Guzhov. 2004. Jurassic Gastropods of European Russia (Orders Cerithiiformes, Bucciniformes, and Epitoniiformes). Paleontological Journal 38:457-562 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
9159 W. Kiessling. 2003. Personal data. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]
7411 H. E. Vokes. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]
9042 P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]