PBDB Collection

Sudmerberg (Cretaceous to of Germany)

Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (51.9° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.9° N, 10.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: "Siphonia Marl" Formation, Coniacian to Coniacian (89.8 - 83.6 Ma)

• Westfalicus zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Schrammen. 1910. Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland, Teil 1 Tetraxonia, Monaxonia und Silicea incert. sedis [Upper Cretaceous sponges from north-western Germany, part 1 Tetraxonia, Monaxonia and Silicea incert. sedis]. Palaeontographica, Supplement 5:1-175 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 110612: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.06.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Demospongiae
Monalithistida - Vetulinidae	"Pachytrachelus conicus" = Ozotrachelus conicus "Pachytrachelus conicus" = Ozotrachelus conicus Roemer 1841 demosponge
Spirosclerophorida - Scleritodermatidae	Verruculina micrommata, Verruculina seriatopora, Verruculina angulata n. sp., Verruculina tenuis Verruculina micrommata Roemer 1841 demosponge Verruculina seriatopora Roemer 1841 demosponge Verruculina angulata n. sp. Schrammen 1910 demosponge Verruculina tenuis Roemer 1840 demosponge
Spirosclerophorida - Seliscothonidae	"Chonella auriformis" = Pachyselis auriformis, Seliscothon marginatum, Seliscothon mantelli "Chonella auriformis" = Pachyselis auriformis Roemer 1840 demosponge Seliscothon marginatum Roemer 1841 demosponge Seliscothon mantelli Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
Spirosclerophorida - Jereicidae	Stichophyma turbinata, Jereica punctata Stichophyma turbinata Roemer 1840 demosponge Jereica punctata Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
Spirosclerophorida - Azoricidae	Coelocorypha socialis, Coelocorypha acuta, Coelocorypha subglobosa, Coelocorypha nidulifera, Cytoracia costata n. sp., Cytoracia grandis, Cytoracia impressa, Leiochonia cryptoporosa, Bolidium palmatum, Astrobolia hemisphaerica, Astrobolia tenella, Astrobolia globosa, Stachyspongia tuberculosa Coelocorypha socialis demosponge Coelocorypha acuta demosponge Coelocorypha subglobosa Zittel 1878 demosponge Coelocorypha nidulifera Roemer 1864 demosponge Cytoracia costata n. sp. Schrammen 1910 demosponge listed as Cytoracea costata Cytoracia grandis Roemer 1864 demosponge listed as Cytoracea grandis Cytoracia impressa Roemer 1864 demosponge listed as Cytoracea impressa Leiochonia cryptoporosa Schrammen 1901 demosponge Bolidium palmatum demosponge Astrobolia hemisphaerica demosponge Astrobolia tenella demosponge Astrobolia globosa demosponge Stachyspongia tuberculosa Roemer 1864 demosponge
Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae	Phymatella bulbosa, Trachysycon muricatum, Callopegma depressa, Siphonia griepenkerli n. sp. Phymatella bulbosa Zittel 1878 demosponge Trachysycon muricatum Roemer 1864 demosponge Callopegma depressa demosponge Siphonia griepenkerli n. sp. Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Tetralithistida - Phymaraphiniidae	Lopadophorus janus Lopadophorus janus demosponge
Tetralithistida - Astrocladiidae	Astrocladia subramosa Astrocladia subramosa Roemer 1864 demosponge
Tetralithistida - Corallistidae	Pachinion familiare Pachinion familiare demosponge
Megalithistida - Carterellidae	Pachycothon giganteum Pachycothon giganteum Roemer 1864 demosponge
Megalithistida - Pleromatidae	Pachypoterion koeneni n. sp. Pachypoterion koeneni n. sp. Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Choristida - Scolioraphididae	Scolioraphis tesselata Scolioraphis tesselata demosponge
Hexactinellida
Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae	"Guettardia bisalata n. sp." = Guettardiscyphia bisalata "Guettardia bisalata n. sp." = Guettardiscyphia bisalata Schrammen 1912 glass sponge
Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae	Craticularia roemeri Craticularia roemeri Schrammen 1912 glass sponge