Speckhals quarry, Deister Mountains, Springe (Jurassic of Germany)

Also known as Reef 3219

Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (52.3° N, 9.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 17.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: florigemma bank Member (Korallenoolith Formation), Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• data from ca. 2 m thick horizon

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Stylosmilia corallina patch reef coral biostrome with microbial encrustations

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

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 31435: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 13.05.2003, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

• Only corals included
Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
Bacinella irregularis Radoicic 1959
Lithocodium aggregatum
  -
unclassified
  -
Nodosariata
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Bullopora sp. Quenstedt 1856
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
  -
 Hormosinacea - Telamminidae
 Lituolacea - Haplophragmoiidae
"Placopsilina" sp. d'Orbigny 1850
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
unclassified
  -
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Eudea cf. globata calcareous sponge
Demospongiae
  -
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea pentagonalis, "Actinastrea cf. ramulifera" = Stephanastrea ramulifera
Actinastrea pentagonalis Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
"Actinastrea cf. ramulifera" = Stephanastrea ramulifera Etallon 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophylliopsis moreauana Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
"Actinarea granulata" = Actinaraea
"Actinarea granulata" = Actinaraea stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea sp., "Thecosmilia cf. trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa, Montlivaltia sp.
Isastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
"Thecosmilia cf. trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa Fromentel 1870 stony coral
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Caryophyllia cf. suevica Quenstedt 1881 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Rhipidogyra costata Becker 1875 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolenidae indet. Koby 1890 stony coral
cf. Dimorpharaea sp. de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Microphyllia brevivallis Becker 1875 stony coral
Microphyllia thurmanni Etallon 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cyathophora sp. Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"Stylina limbata" = Adelocoenia limbata Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
"cf. Dendrohelia cf. coalescens" = Stylohelia coalescens Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Stylina tubulifera Phillips 1829 stony coral
Stylosmilia corallina Koby 1881 stony coral
Heliocoenia variabilis Etallon 1859 stony coral
Goniocora socialis Roemer 1836 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria concinna Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Emarginula sp. Lamarck 1801 snail
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Jouannetia sp. Des Moulins 1828 clam
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
 Myoida -
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Stomatoporidae
Stomatopora sp. Bronn 1825
 Cyclostomata - Oncousoeciidae
"Proboscina" sp. Audouin 1826
 Cyclostomata - Diastoporidae
"Berenicea" sp. Lamouroux 1821
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Sabellidae
 Terebellomorpha -
Insecta
 Neuroptera - Sisyridae
Neuropora sp. Khramov 2019 spongillafly
Neuropora lusitanica Termier et al. 1985 spongillafly
 Life -
Gastrochaenolites dijugus Kelly and Bromley 1984
Trypanites "sp. 1" Mägdefrau 1932
Trypanites "sp. 2" Mägdefrau 1932
Podichnus sp. Bromley and Surlyk 1973
 Life - Wetheredellidae
Koskinobullina socialis Cherchi and Schroeder 1979