Tongrube Sachsenhagen: Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Metriorhynchidae
Enaliosuchus schroederi Kühn 1936
    = Metriorhynchus sp. von Meyer 1830
Karl et al. 2006
MMGLV #: skull withot tip of the snout and lower jaw in connection as well as three cervical vertebrae
    = Cricosaurus schroederi Kühn 1936
Young and Andrade 2009
Type
Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Chladocrinus tenellus
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae
Rhabdocidaris sp. Desor 1855
Asteroidea
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830
Ophiuroidea
Ophiuroidea indet. Gray 1840
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
Lingula subovalis Davidson 1852
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula antiquata
Serpula quinquangulata
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus rugosus
Modiolus striatocostatus
Modiolus sp. (Lamarck 1801)
Modiolus aequalis (Sowerby 1818)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801
Cucullaea (Idonearca) texta
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Ostrea germaini Coquand 1869
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Aetostreon latissimum (Lamarck 1801)
Exogyra spiralis Goldfuss 1833
synonym of Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna iburgensis
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758
Pinna robinaldina d'Orbigny 1844
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria vulgaris
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten sp. Müller 1776
Camptonectes (Boreionectes) cinctus (Sowerby 1822)
Camptonectes striatopunctatus (Roemer 1839)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
Anomia laevigata Sowerby 1836
Anomia pseudoradiata d'Orbigny 1850
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Plagiostoma) planicosta
original and current combination Plagiostoma
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia sp. Rouillier 1845
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare (Sowerby 1817)
synonym of Syncyclonema nilsoni
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Cyclas sp. Klein 1853
spelled with current rank as Lucina (Cyclas)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
? Gresslya sp. Agassiz 1843
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula alata
Corbula sublaevis
Corbula angulata Lamarck 1806
recombined as Cuneocorbula angulata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Solecurtus longovatus
Solecurtus sp. Blainville 1824
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Eocallista aff. brongniarti (Romer 1836)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Thetis schaumburgensis
replaced by Gouldia
Thetis sp. Adams 1845
replaced by Gouldia
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Neomiodontidae
Neomiodon orbicularis
Neomiodon latoovatus
listed as Neomiodon latoovatus latoovatus
Neomiodon sp.
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Siliqua aequilatera
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea gurgitis
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia phillipsi
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigonioididae
Nippononaia sp. Suzuki 1941
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana scapha
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
Cephalopoda - Nautilida
Nautilus sp. Linnaeus 1758
    = Nautilida indet. Agassiz 1847
Clapham 2015
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitidae
Acroteuthis cf. explanatoides
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae
Platylenticeras (Platylenticeras) robustum
Platylenticeras (Platylenticeras) latum
Platylenticeras (Platylenticeras) parcum
Platylenticeras (Platylenticeras) oxyconum
Platylenticeras (Platylenticeras) expansum
Platylenticeras (Tolypeceras) undulatum
Platylenticeras (Tolypeceras) coronatum
Platylenticeras (Tolypeceras) marcousianum
Platylenticeras (Tolypeceras) costellatum
Platylenticeras (Tolypeceras) simplex
Platylenticeras (Tolypeceras) denticulatum
Platylenticeras (Tolypeceras) fragile
Platylenticeras (Tolypeceras) pingue
Platylenticeras (Platylenticeras) heteropleurum (Neumayr and Uhlig 1881)
Polyptychites sp. Pavlow 1892
Euryptychites sp. Pavlow 1914
spelled with current rank as Polyptychites (Euryptychites)
Gastropoda - Seguenziidae
Putilla ? roemeri
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Actaeon sp. Oken 1815
replaced by Acteon
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Metacerithiidae
Metacerithium strombiforme
Metacerithium sp. Cossmann 1906
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica laevigata
Gastropoda
Ptychogyra canalifera
Thecostraca - Archaeolepadomorpha - Archaeolepadidae
Archaeolepas decora Harbort 1905
recombined as Loriolepas decora
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mecochiridae
Mecochirus rapax
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Protastacidae
Protastacus politus (Schlüter 1868)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae
Hoploparia aspera Harbort 1905
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
unclassified
Chondrites sp. von Sternberg 1833
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 42.4° North, 9.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.1° North, 16.9° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 1
Key time interval:Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian
Age range of interval:140.60000 - 132.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: The paper distinguishes 5 stratigraphic units but provides a single taxon list.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified calcareous claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:offshore indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:95087
Authorizer:L. Villier, M. Clapham, P. Mannion Enterer:L. Villier, J. Tennant, P. Mannion, M. Clapham
Modifier:L. Villier Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-04-06 05:30:27 Last modified:2010-04-06 08:51:15
Access level:the public Released:2010-04-06 05:30:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
32382. R. Fischer. 1992. Fossilien aus der Tongrube Sachsenhagen. Arbeitskereis Paläontologie Hannover 20(2):33-53 [L. Villier/L. Villier]

Secondary references:

27487 M. E. Clapham. 2015. Personal Opinions. [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
50454 H.-V. Karl, E. Groning, C. Brauckmann and N. Knotschke. 2006. Revision of the genus Enaliosuchus Koken, 1883 (Archosauromorpha: Metriorhynchidae) from the Early Cretaceous of northwestern Germany. Studia Geologica Salmanticensia 42:49-59 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]
42559 M. T. Young and M. B. Andrade. 2009. What is Geosaurus? Redescription of Geosaurus giganteus (Thalattosuchia: Metriorhynchidae) from the Upper Jurassic of Bayern, Germany. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157(3):551-585 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Young]