Echinoderms, Callovian, eratic blocks, NE Germany (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Brandenburg, Germany (52.5° N, 13.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 21.0° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, ferruginous, ooidal limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: M. Kutscher. 1987. Die Echinodermen der Callovien-Geschiebe. Der Geschiebesammler 2-3:53-104 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32016: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 31.05.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
 Millericrinida - Apiocrinitidae
 Millericrinida - Millericrinidae
Millericrinus echinatus Schlotheim 1820 Sea lily
 Comatulida - Solanocrinitidae
? Archaeometra sp. Gislen 1924 Feather star
 Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
"Pentacrinus scalaris" = Chladocrinus scalaris Goldfuss 1831 Sea lily
Balanocrinus pentagonalis Goldfuss 1831 Sea lily
Chariocrinus cf. andreae Desor 1845 Sea lily
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Polycidaridae
Polycidaris sp. pencil urchin
 Cidaroida -
Plegiocidaris sp. Pomel 1883 pencil urchin
Plegiocidaris coronata Schlotheim 1820 pencil urchin
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
 Euechinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
 Irregularia - Nucleolitidae
Nucleolites sp. Lamarck 1801 sea urchin
Nucleolites scutatus Lamarck 1816 sea urchin
Holothuroidea
  -
Holothuroidea indet. de Blainville 1834 sea cucumber
 Apodida - Chiridotidae
Chiridotidae indet. Ostergren 1898 sea cucumber
 Apodida - Myriotrochidae
Myriotrochidae indet. Théel 1877 sea cucumber
Ophiuroidea
 Ophiacanthida - Ophiacanthidae
? Ophiacantha constricta Hess 1966 brittle star
 Ophiacanthida - Ophiodermatidae
? Ophioderma spectabilis Hess 1966 brittle star
 Ophiurida - Dermocomidae
Dermocoma wrighti Hess 1964 brittle star
 Ophiurida - Ophiosphalmidae
Ophiomusium mammillatum Hess 1966 brittle star
Ophiomusium weymouthiense Damon 1880 brittle star
 Ophiurida - Aplocomidae
"Sinosura derecta" = Geocoma carinata Goldfuss 1833 brittle star
Sinosura wolburgi Hess 1960 brittle star
Sinosura schneideri n. sp. Kutscher 1987 brittle star
? Ophiopetra oertlii Hess 1965 brittle star
Asteroidea
 Zorocallida -
Terminaster cancriformis Quenstedt 1876 sea star
 Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
"Pentasteria longispina" = Pentasteria (Archastropecten) longispina Hess 1968 sea star
? Lophidiaster sp. Spencer 1913 sea star