Where: Bayern, Germany (48.7° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 38.7° N, 11.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Neuburger Weiß Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; fine-grained, cherty/siliceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: W. Wagner. 1963. Die Schwammfauna der Oberkreide von Neuburg (Donau) [The Upper Cretaceous sponge fauna from Neuburg (Donau)]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 122:166-250 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 114012: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.08.2011, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida | |
Laocoetis cf. tenuis, Laocoetis vulgata, "Paracraticularia fittoni" = Laocoetis fittoni, Craticularia cf. tenuis
Laocoetis cf. tenuis glass sponge
Laocoetis vulgata Pocta 1883 glass sponge
"Paracraticularia fittoni" = Laocoetis fittoni Mantell 1822 glass sponge
Craticularia cf. tenuis glass sponge | |
Stauronema cf. planum, Stauronema carteri, Ubiquiradius mirus, Napaeana sp., Leiostracosia sp., Pleuropyge plana, Ventriculites sp.
Stauronema cf. planum Hinde 1883 glass sponge
Stauronema carteri Sollas 1877 glass sponge
Ubiquiradius mirus Schrammen 1912 glass sponge
Napaeana sp. de Laubenfels 1955 glass sponge
Leiostracosia sp. Schrammen 1902 glass sponge
Pleuropyge plana Schrammen 1912 glass sponge
Ventriculites sp. Mantell 1822 glass sponge | |
? Plocoscyphia fenestrata Smith and Toulmin 1848 glass sponge
Centrosia incrustans Schrammen 1902 glass sponge
Brachiolites fenestratus glass sponge | |
"Exanthesis reticulatus" = Exanthesis (Exanthesis) reticulata
"Exanthesis reticulatus" = Exanthesis (Exanthesis) reticulata Hinde 1883 glass sponge | |
Guettardiscyphia sp., Guettardiscyphia cf. roemeri, Guettardiscyphia alata, Guettardiscyphia diptera n. sp., Guettardiscyphia stellata
Guettardiscyphia sp. Fromentel 1860 glass sponge
Guettardiscyphia cf. roemeri Pomel 1872 glass sponge
Guettardiscyphia alata Pomel 1872 glass sponge
Guettardiscyphia diptera n. sp. Wagner 1963 glass sponge
Guettardiscyphia stellata Michelin 1847 glass sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Heterostinia obliqua, "Doryderma roemeri" = Doryderma (Brochodora) roemeri, "Homalodora benetti" = Homalodoriana
Heterostinia obliqua demosponge
"Doryderma roemeri" = Doryderma (Brochodora) roemeri Hinde 1884 demosponge
"Homalodora benetti" = Homalodoriana demosponge | |
Phrissospongia hoffmanni n. sp. Wagner 1963 demosponge
Procorallistes polymorphus Schrammen 1901 demosponge | |
Kalpinella pateraeformis, Jerea pyriformis, Turonia globosa n. sp., Turonia cerebriformis, Turonia constricta, "Siphonia pyriformis" = Siphonia (Siphonia) pyriformis, Polyierea arbuscula, Thecosiphonia neoburgensis n. sp., Thecosiphonia torgeri
Kalpinella pateraeformis Hinde 1884 demosponge
Jerea pyriformis Lamouroux 1821 demosponge
Turonia globosa n. sp. Wagner 1963 demosponge
Turonia cerebriformis Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Turonia constricta Zittel 1878 demosponge
Polyierea arbuscula demosponge
Thecosiphonia neoburgensis n. sp. Wagner 1963 demosponge
Thecosiphonia torgeri Schrammen 1910 demosponge | |
Astrocladia subramosa Roemer 1864 demosponge | |
Prokaliapsis schrammeni n. sp., Prokaliapsis danubica n. sp., Polyrhipidium cristagalli, Pholidocladia sp., "Pholidocladia dichotoma" = Pholidocladia (Pholidocladia) dichotoma
Prokaliapsis schrammeni n. sp. Wagner 1963 demosponge
Polyrhipidium cristagalli Schrammen 1924 demosponge
Pholidocladia sp. Hinde 1884 demosponge
"Pholidocladia dichotoma" = Pholidocladia (Pholidocladia) dichotoma Hinde 1884 demosponge subsp. incrustans and tuberculata
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Pycnodesma globosa Schrammen 1910 demosponge | |
"Phyllodermia aff. galloprovincialis" = Discodermia galloprovincialis, Leiophyllum cf. panniculosum, Phymaplectia cribrata, Thamnospongia cf. reticulata, Ragadinia laccophora n. sp., Ragadinia rimosa, Pseudojerea excavata, "Phyllodermia antiqua" = Phyllodermia (Phyllodermia) antiqua, Phyllodermia kempckei n. sp., Acrochordonia ramosa
"Phyllodermia aff. galloprovincialis" = Discodermia galloprovincialis Moret 1925 demosponge
Leiophyllum cf. panniculosum Schrammen 1924 demosponge
Phymaplectia cribrata Hinde 1884 demosponge
Thamnospongia cf. reticulata Hinde 1883 demosponge
Ragadinia laccophora n. sp. Wagner 1963 demosponge
Ragadinia rimosa Roemer 1864 demosponge
Pseudojerea excavata Moret 1946 demosponge
"Phyllodermia antiqua" = Phyllodermia (Phyllodermia) antiqua Schrammen 1901 demosponge
Phyllodermia kempckei n. sp. Wagner 1963 demosponge
Acrochordonia ramosa Schrammen 1901 demosponge | |
Regnardia cf. lapparenti Moret 1925 demosponge
? Lecanella aff. pateraeformis Zittel 1878 demosponge | |
"Pachytrachelus cf. exspectatus" = Ozotrachelus exspectatus
"Pachytrachelus cf. exspectatus" = Ozotrachelus exspectatus Schrammen 1910 demosponge | |
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Laosciadia mantellii demosponge | |
Propachastrella sp. Schrammen 1910 demosponge | |
Ophiraphidites annulatus Schrammen 1910 demosponge | |
Calcarea | |
Elasmoierea sp. calcareous sponge | |
Polychaeta | |
Glomerula ? serpentina Schlotheim 1820
Glomerula plexus Sowerby 1829 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Grasirhynchia grasiana d'Orbigny 1849 | |
Cyclothyris sp. M'Coy 1844 | |
Gymnolaemata | |
? Calloporidae indet. Norman 1903 | |
Stenolaemata | |
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Cerioporidae "indet. 1" Busk 1859
? Cerioporidae "indet. 2" Busk 1859 | |
Bivalvia | |
Modiolus reversus Sowerby 1836 mussel | |
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster | |
Rastellum diluvianum Linnaeus 1767 oyster | |
? Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster | |
Gervillaria neptuni Goldfuss 1837 oyster
? Gervillia sp. Defrance 1820 oyster | |
Pinna cretacea Schlotheim 1813 oyster | |
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam
Pseudolimea cf. composita Sowerby 1836 file clam
Lima parallela Sowerby 1812 file clam | |
Anomia papyracea Orbigny 1847 jingle | |
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Chlamys elongata Lamarck 1819 scallop
Mimachlamys robinaldina Orbigny 1847 scallop
Merklinia aspera Lamarck 1819 scallop
Camptonectes virgatus Nilsson 1827 scallop | |
Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop
"Neithea coquandi" = Neithea (Neithea) coquandi Peron 1877 scallop
Neithea cf. regularis Schlotheim 1813 scallop | |
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
Syncyclonema haggi Dhondt 1971 scallop | |
Inoceramus crippsi, Inoceramus hoppenstedtensis, "Inoceramus pictus" = Inoceramus (Inoceramus) pictus, Mytiloides mytiloides
Inoceramus hoppenstedtensis Troeger 1967 clam
"Inoceramus pictus" = Inoceramus (Inoceramus) pictus Sowerby 1829 clam Inoceramus pictus pictus, Inoceramus pictus cf. concentricoundulatus
Mytiloides mytiloides Mantell 1822 clam | |
? Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Cymatoceras columbinum Fritsch 1872 nautiloid
Cymatoceras cf. elegans Sowerby 1816 nautiloid | |
Echinoidea | |
Epiaster distinctus Agassiz and Desor 1847 heart urchin
Epiaster brevipetalus Smith and Wright 2008 heart urchin | |
? Pseudholaster bicarinatus Agassiz 1847 sea urchin | |
Planolites sp. Nicholson 1873 |