Saal Quarry, Regensburg, sponge mounds (Cretaceous to of Germany)

Also known as Reef 2966

Where: Germany (48.9° N, 11.9° E: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 11.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Quadersandstein Member (Regensburger Grünsandstein Formation), Middle Cenomanian to Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• units 8 and 10

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Lithistid sponge biostromes and mounds in sandstone beds. Mounds of unit 8: up to 1 m thick. Mounds of unit 10: up to 1.3 m thick and 4.4 m wide. 6 sponge morphotypes.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: E. G. Kauffman, D. Herm, C. C. Johnson, P. Harries, and R. Höfling. 2000. The ecology of Cenomanian lithistid sponge frameworks, Regensburg area, Germany. Lethaia 33:214-235 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74183: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.07.2007, edited by Jonathan Tennant

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudinata - Eurysternidae
Hydropelta sp.
Hydropelta sp. Meyer 1850 turtle
Precise locality unknown, fragmentary material
Demospongiae
 Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae
Jerea sp., Siphonia sp.
Jerea sp. Lamouroux 1821 demosponge
Siphonia sp. Goldfuss 1826 demosponge