Algermissen, Hannover area: Aptian - Albian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Bathraspira tecta
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Tornatellaea lacryma
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Gilbertina cannabis
Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria weissermeli
Gastropoda - Ataphridae
? Ataphrus serricatus
Gastropoda - Cryptaulacidae
Cirsocerithium wunstorfi
Cirsocerithium subspinosum
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Trichotropidae
Trichotropinae indet. Gray 1850
Gastropoda - Ampullariidae
Pictavia lubricata
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Confusiscala clementina
Confusiscala dupiniana
Gastropoda - Nystiellidae
Proscala bornhardti
Gastropoda - Procerithiidae
Nerineopsis frickei
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Amauropsis sp. Mörch 1857
Gyrodes cf. genti
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsis beyschlagi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Sipho schrammeni
spelled with current rank as Trophon (Sipho)
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Tessarolax bicarinatoides (Wollemann 1903)
recombined as Trilemma bicarinatoides
? Anchura sp. Conrad 1860
Gastropoda
? Tintorium pungens
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Cantharulus zeisei
Gastropoda - Vanikoridae
Vanikoropsis ous
Vanikoropsis sp. Meek 1876
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Tethocyathus sp. Kühn 1933
Kemper 1982
synonym of Trochocyathus
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 52.3° North, 10.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.3° North, 15.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Key time interval:Aptian - Albian
Age range of interval:121.40000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: jacobi/schrammeni zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified claystone
Environment:basinal (siliciclastic)
Geology comments: Lower Saxony Basin
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Corals, bivalves, ammonoids and scaphopods reported to be present, but not listed.
Metadata
Database number:67184
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-11-13 03:17:25 Last modified:2006-11-13 07:29:27
Access level:the public Released:2006-11-13 03:17:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

19169. H. A. Kollmann. 1982. Gastropoden-Faunen aus der höheren Unterkreide Nordwestdeutschlands [Late Early Cretaceous gastropods of Northwest Germany]. Geologisches Jahrbuch, A 65:517-551 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

19170 E. Kemper. 1982. Die Kaltwasser-Korallen der Schlammgründe des frühen Alb in Nordwestdeutschland [Lower Albian cold-water corals of the muddy bottoms in Northwest Germany]. Geologisches Jahrbuch, A 65:513-515 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]