Fahrenbergmulde, Oberaudorf, Branderfleck Formation, fauna 1, Bavaria (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Germany (47.7° N, 12.2° E: paleocoordinates 30.4° N, 14.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Branderfleck Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: submarine fan; lithified sandstone

• litharenite

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. Smettan. 1997. Bivalven, Gastropoden und Serpuliden aus den Branderfleckschichten (Cenoman) der Fahrenbergmulde (Nördliche Kalkalpen, Bayern): Taxonomie und Palökologie [Bivalves, gastropods and serpulids from the Branderfleck Formation (Cenomanian) of Fahrenbergmulde (Bavarian Alps): taxonomy and palaeoecology]. Zitteliana 21:99-158 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66734: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.10.2006, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• fauna 1: Pinna sp.-Gervillia cf. solenoidea assemblage
Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida -
Nautilida indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite
 Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
"Gaudryceras leptonema" = Mesogaudryceras leptonema
"Gaudryceras leptonema" = Mesogaudryceras leptonema Sharpe 1855 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Turrilitidae
Turrilites costatus Lamarck 1801 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Sciponoceras sp. Hyatt 1894 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Torquesia granulata Sowerby 1827 turret shell
Torquesia vibrayeana d'Orbigny 1842 turret shell
 Pseudomelanoidea - Trajanellidae
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullariidae
Pictavia pungens apple snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Perissoptera sp. Tate 1865 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Volutilithes" sp. Swainson 1829 volute
 Heterostropha - Acteonellidae
Actaeonella browni Sohl and Kollmann 1985 snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Trochactaeon sp. Meek 1863 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp., "Idonearca aff. matheroni" = Cucullaea (Idonearca), "Idonearca sp." = Cucullaea (Idonearca)
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
"Idonearca aff. matheroni" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) clam
"Idonearca sp." = Cucullaea (Idonearca) Conrad 1862 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam
"Inoceramus pictus" = Inoceramus (Inoceramus) pictus Sowerby 1829 clam
subspecies concentricoundulatus
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta aff. nilssoni Hagenow 1842 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia cf. papyracea Orbigny 1847 jingle
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
? Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillaria alaeformis Sowerby 1819 oyster
? Gervillaria neptuni Goldfuss 1837 oyster
Gervillia cf. solenoidea Defrance 1820 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
? Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cf. decussata Goldfuss 1837 oyster
Pinna decussata Goldfuss 1837 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
""Ostrea" incurva" = Acutostrea incurva
""Ostrea" incurva" = Acutostrea incurva Nilsson 1827 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Sphaera corrugata Sowerby 1822 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
"Pholadomya" sp. Sowerby 1823 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
""Cyprina" sp." = Arctica
""Cyprina" sp." = Arctica Schumacher 1817 clam
type 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 3
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium productum Sowerby 1832 cockle
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
type 1 and 2
Protocardia hillana Sowerby 1813 cockle
 Carditida - Astartidae
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae