Bavarian Schrattenkalk (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Germany (47.4° N, 10.2° E: paleocoordinates 31.9° N, 20.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Oberer Schrattenkalk Member (Schrattenkalk Formation), Early/Lower Aptian (125.5 - 122.5 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: H. Scholz. 1984. Bioherme und Biostrome im Allgäuer Schrattenkalk (Helvetikum, Unterkreide). Jahrbuch der geologischen Bundesanstalt 127(3):471-499 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 50421: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 15.05.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cyanophyceae
  -
  - Garwoodiaceae
Bacinella irregularis Radoicic 1959
  -
Lithocodium aggregatum
  -
unclassified
  -
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Foraminifera
  -
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Glomospira sp. Rzehak 1895
 Orbitolinacea - Orbitolinidae
 Textulariina - Cuneolinidae
 Hormosinacea - Hormosinidae
Reophax sp. Montfort 1808
 Lituolacea - Nautiloculinidae
Nautiloculina sp. Mohler 1938
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Spiroloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Foraminifera
 Planorbulinacea - Planorbulinidae
? Planorbulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
 Involutinina - Involutinidae
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Marinella lugeoni Pfender 1939
  - Gymnocodiaceae
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
"Ethelia alba" = Polystrata alba Pfender 1936
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
 Dasycladales -
Acicularia elongata Carozzi 1955
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Boueina sp. Toula 1883
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Sphaerocoeliidae
Barroisia helvetica calcareous sponge
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Milleporellidae
 Agelasida - Actinostromariidae
Actinostromaria sp. Haug 1909 demosponge
 Hadromerida - Suberitidae
Stromatoporoidea
  -
Diparistomaria urgonica stromatoporoid sponge
Hydrozoa
 Spongiomorphida - Spongiomorphidae
Spongiomorpha asiatica Yabe and Sugiyama
Anthozoa
 Helioporacea -
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
"? Actinarea sp." = Actinaraea
"? Actinarea sp." = Actinaraea d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Eugyra cotteaui Fromentel 1857 stony coral
Eugyra pusilla Koby 1895 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Hydnophoraraea cf. styriaca" = Hydnophora styriaca
"Hydnophoraraea cf. styriaca" = Hydnophora styriaca Michelin 1847 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea cf. explanata Münster 1829 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
? Dichocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
? Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
"Pentacoenia pulchella" = Cyathophora pulchella, "Cyathophora aff. miyakoensis" = Cryptocoenia miyakoensis
"Pentacoenia pulchella" = Cyathophora pulchella d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
"Cyathophora aff. miyakoensis" = Cryptocoenia miyakoensis Eguchi 1936 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylinidae indet. d'Orbigny 1851 stony coral
Stylosmilia chaputi stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteriidae indet. Vaughan and Wells 1943 stony coral
"Mesomorpha ornata" = Ahrdorffia ornata Morycowa 1971 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea sp. Deshayes 1827 snail
  -
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Lithodomus obiongus" = Lithophaga
"Lithodomus obiongus" = Lithophaga mussel
 Hippuritida - Requieniidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Cyclothyris latissima Sowerby 1829
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Filograna sp. Oken 1815
 Serpulimorpha -
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Echinoidea
 Camarodonta - Echinidae
Echinidae indet. Gray 1825 sea urchin