Dresden-Plauen, Saxony: Late/Upper Cenomanian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Gorgonacea
Moltkia foveolata (Reuss 1846)
Anthozoa - Helioporacea - Helioporidae
Pseudopolytremacis spinoseptata Morycowa 1971
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea ramosa (Sowerby 1832)
Actinastrea cf. pseudominima (Koby 1897)
Actinastrea tourtiensis (Bölsche 1871)
recombined as Stelidioseris tourtiensis
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Stibastrea aff. felixi
Stibastrea sp. Etallon 1859
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Synhelia gibbosa (Goldfuss 1829)
Siderastrea splendida (Pocta 1887)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Latohelia reptans (Pocta 1887)
recombined as Pleurocora reptans
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Confusaforma weyeri Löser 1987
Pachycoenia clemens
synonym of Heterocoenia
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Smilotrochiidae
Paramontlivaltia informal sp. 1 Alloiteau 1951
Paramontlivaltia informal sp. 2 Alloiteau 1951
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Glenarea cf. poctai Eliasova 1991
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia tourtiensis
Peplosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Dimorphocoenia sp. de Fromentel 1857
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Colonicyathus geinitzi (Bölsche 1871)
recombined as Microsmilia geinitzi
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Negoporitidae
Goniopora michelini (Reuss 1846)
synonym of Negoporites spissus
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Latiastrea sp. Beauvais 1964
Neothecoseris circulus Eliasova 1994
recombined as Brachyphyllia circulus
Dimorphastrea patenoides
Microphyllia informal sp. 1 d'Orbigny 1849
Microphyllia informal sp. 2 d'Orbigny 1849
Fungiastraea parallela
? Fungiastraea conferta (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849)
Fungiastraea cf. cotteaui (de Fromentel 1857)
Vallimeandra fromenteli (Boelsche 1871)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Adelocoenia carantonensis (Orbigny 1850)
Stylina grandis
Stylohelia granulata (Boelsche 1871)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
? Thamnasteria belgica
Thamnasteria tenuissima Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Mesomorpha minima Löser 1989
unclassified
Acrosmilia patellata (Michelin 1845)
synonym of Placoseris eturbensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 51.0° North, 13.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.3° North, 13.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Cenomanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 5
Key time interval:Late/Upper Cenomanian
Age range of interval:100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Dölzschen
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: middle Upper Cenomanian, Calycoceras naviculare and Metoicoceras geslinianum zones, "Klippenfazies"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified conglomerate
Secondary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: Reworked corals, presumably from a reworked biostrome
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 2601
Database number:74193
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-07-30 01:39:39 Last modified:2015-07-25 09:58:58
Access level:the public Released:2007-07-30 01:39:39
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
24911. H. Löser. 1998. Die Korallen der sächsischen Oberkreide - eine Zwischenbilanz und Bemerkungen zu Korallenfaunen des Cenomans [Upper Cretaceous corals from Saxony (Germany) - interim results and notes on Cenomanian coral faunas]. Abhandlungen des Staatlichen Museums für Mineralogie und Geologie zu Dresden 43/44:173-187 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]