Holzbach (Miocene to of Germany)

Where: Bayern, Germany (48.5° N, 13.3° E: paleocoordinates 48.8° N, 12.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandy marl and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Kühn. 1965. Korallen und Bryozoen aus der bayerischen Molasse [Corals and Bryozoa from the Bavarian Molasse]. Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie 5:29-68 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123151: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia concinna Reuss 1871 stony coral
Balanophyllia varians Reuss 1854 stony coral
Enallopsammia poppelacki Reuss 1847 stony coral
Enallopsammia orthoclada Reuss 1871 stony coral
Dendrophyllia trifurcata Sismonda 1871 stony coral
Dendrophyllia amica Michelotti 1838 stony coral
Dendrophyllia multigemmata Zuffardi-Comerci 1932 stony coral
and n. subsp. subplana
Dendrophyllia paroniana Zuffardi-Comerci 1932 stony coral
Paleoastroides dehmi n. sp. Kühn 1965 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites leptoclada Reuss 1871 stony coral
Porites maigensis Kühn 1925 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
"Actinastrea nathani n. sp." = Astrocoenia nathani
"Actinastrea nathani n. sp." = Astrocoenia nathani Kühn 1965 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Caryophyllia clavus Scacchi 1835 stony coral
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
"Holoporella cf. globularis" = Celleporaria
"Holoporella cf. globularis" = Celleporaria
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Tretocycloeciidae