Innien Brick-pit (Oligocene of Germany)

Where: Holstein, Germany (54.1° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 53.5° N, 5.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Septarienton Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified claystone

Size class: microfossils

Collected by Albert Elger

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: M. Deflandre-Rigaud. 1959. Sur quelques sclérites d'Holothuries de l'Oligocène moyen d'Innien, Holstein. Revue de Micropaléontologie 1(4):190-200 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 93722: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 29.01.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Holothuroidea
 Dendrochirotida - Calclamnidae
Calclamnella fusiformis Deflandre-Rigaud 1959 sea cucumber
Elgerius inniensis Deflandre-Rigaud 1959 sea cucumber
Elgerius ostrea Deflandre-Rigaud 1959 sea cucumber
 Apodida - Synaptitidae
  - Stichopitidae
Cucumarites scaber Deflandre-Rigaud 1959 sea cucumber
Cucumarites speciosus Deflandre-Rigaud 1959 sea cucumber
Cucumarites holsaticus Deflandre-Rigaud 1959 sea cucumber
  - Chiridotitidae
  - Priscopedatidae
Priscopedatus conspicuus Deflandre-Rigaud 1959 sea cucumber
Dictyothurites corbisema Deflandre-Rigaud 1959 sea cucumber
Dictyothurites spatuligerus Deflandre-Rigaud 1959 sea cucumber
  - Theeliidae
"Myriotrochites intercessus" = Stueria intercessus
"Myriotrochites intercessus" = Stueria intercessus Deflandre-Rigaud 1959 sea cucumber
 Molpadiida - Molpadiidae
Calcligula elgeri Deflandre-Rigaud 1959 sea cucumber