Hainholz, Hildesheim, Germany (Jurassic of Germany)

Also known as Reef 548

Where: Lower Saxony, Germany (52.2° N, 10.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 18.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Obere Korallenbank Member (Unterer Korallenoolith Formation), Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified rudstone and lithified framestone

• Reworked corals with rare in-situ coral patch reefs

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Oyster reported to be common, no bryozoans and Thecids

Primary reference: C. Helm, M. Reuter, and I. Schülke. 2003. Die Korallenfauna des Korallenooliths (Oxfordium, Oberjura, NW-Deutschland): Zusammensetzung, Stratigraphie und regionale Verbreitung. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 77(1):77-94 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23910: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 24.07.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Only corals described
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea pentagonalis Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
hemispherical
 Scleractinia - Solenocoeniidae
"Convexastrea sexradiata" = Solenocoenia sexradiata
"Convexastrea sexradiata" = Solenocoenia sexradiata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
bulbous
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophylliopsis flabellum de Blainville 1830 stony coral
phaceloid
Calamophylliopsis moreauana Michelin 1843 stony coral
dendroid
Calamophylliopsis cf. stockesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
phaceloid
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
"Actinarea granulata" = Actinaraea, "Actinarea cf. minuta" = Actinaraea, Meandraraea parallela
"Actinarea granulata" = Actinaraea stony coral
flat
"Actinarea cf. minuta" = Actinaraea stony coral
flat
Meandraraea parallela stony coral
flat
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea heliantoides stony coral
flat
Isastrea crassa1 Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
"Thecosmilia trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa Fromentel 1870 stony coral
phaceloid
Montlivaltia obconica Münster 1829 stony coral
solitary
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Rhipidogyra costata Becker 1875 stony coral
solitary
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Dimorpharaea muensteri stony coral
flat
Dimorpharaea sp. de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
flat
Comoseris minima Beauvais 1964 stony coral
flat
Microsolena agariciformis Etallon 1859 stony coral
flat
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
cf. Latiastrea sp. Beauvais 1964 stony coral
bulbous
Fungiastraea arachnoides Parkinson 1808 stony coral
plate
Ovalastrea cf. lobata Koby 1884 stony coral
bulbous
 Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
Cladophyllia rollieri Koby 1888 stony coral
dendroid
Cladophyllia dichotoma Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
dendroid
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Pseudocoenia sp. d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
flat
cf. Pseudocoenia sp. d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
flat
"Pseudocoenia cf. suboctonis" = Cryptocoenia castellum Michelin 1843 stony coral
flat
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"Pseudocoenia cf. slovenica" = Adelocoenia parvistella Alloiteau 1961 stony coral
bulbous
"Pseudocoenia fromenteli" = Adelocoenia splendens de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
hemispherical
"Pseudocoenia limbata" = Adelocoenia limbata Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
bulbous
"Pseudocoenia cf. baltovensis" = Adelocoenia baltovensis Roniewicz 1966 stony coral
hemispherical
Stylina tubulifera Phillips 1829 stony coral
hemispherical
Stylina parviramosa Beauvais 1964 stony coral
flat
aff. Stylina aff. parviramosa Beauvais 1964 stony coral
bulbous
Stylosmilia corallina Koby 1881 stony coral
dendroid
cf. Convexastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
ramos
Goniocora pumila Quenstedt 1852 stony coral
dendroid
Goniocora socialis Roemer 1836 stony coral
dendroid
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria concinna1 Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
"Dichotomosphinctes bifurcatoides" = Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes)2
"Dichotomosphinctes bifurcatoides" = Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes)2 ammonite
Crinoidea
 Comatulida - Solanocrinitidae
Solanocrinites costatus2 de Loriol 1884 Feather star