Saal Quarry, Regensburg, sponge mounds: Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae
- Tetralithistida
- Siphoniidae
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Jerea sp.
Lamouroux 1821
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Siphonia sp.
Goldfuss 1826
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Reptilia
- Eurysternidae
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Hydropelta sp.
Meyer 1850
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Karl et al. 2012 | |||||||||
Precise locality unknown, fragmentary material | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Germany |
Coordinates: | 48.9° North, 11.9° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 38.1° North, 11.8° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
Key time interval: | Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 99.60000 - 93.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Regensburger Grünsandstein | Member: | Quadersandstein | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: units 8 and 10 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified bafflestone |
Lithology description: Lithistid sponge biostromes and mounds in sandstone beds. Mounds of unit 8: up to 1 m thick. Mounds of unit 10: up to 1.3 m thick and 4.4 m wide. 6 sponge morphotypes. | |
Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | peel or thin section,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Reef 2966 | ||
Database number: | 74183 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, P. Mannion | Enterer: | U. Merkel, J. Tennant | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2007-07-27 06:54:06 | Last modified: | 2007-07-27 09:54:06 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-07-27 06:54:05 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
24903. | E. G. Kauffman, D. Herm, C. C. Johnson, P. Harries, and R. Höfling. 2000. The ecology of Cenomanian lithistid sponge frameworks, Regensburg area, Germany. Lethaia 33:214-235 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
46818 | H.-V. Karl, G. Tichy, and D. Valdisberri. 2012. Sontiochelys cretacea Stache, 1905 and new description of the families Eurysternidae Dollo, 1886 and Thalassemydidae Rutimeyer, 1873 (Testudines: Cryptodira). Studia Geologica Salmanticensia 48(1):45-76 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/P. Wagner] |