Holzbach (Miocene to of Germany)

Where: Bayern, Germany (48.5° N, 13.3° E: paleocoordinates 48.8° N, 12.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandy marl and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Kühn. 1965. Korallen und Bryozoen aus der bayerischen Molasse [Corals and Bryozoa from the Bavarian Molasse]. Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie 5:29-68 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123151: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
"Actinastrea nathani n. sp." = Astrocoenia nathani
"Actinastrea nathani n. sp." = Astrocoenia nathani Kühn 1965 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites leptoclada Reuss 1871 stony coral
Porites maigensis Kühn 1925 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Caryophyllia clavus Scacchi 1835 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Paleoastroides dehmi n. sp. Kühn 1965 stony coral
Enallopsammia poppelacki Reuss 1847 stony coral
Enallopsammia orthoclada Reuss 1871 stony coral
Dendrophyllia paroniana Zuffardi-Comerci 1932 stony coral
Dendrophyllia amica Michelotti 1838 stony coral
Dendrophyllia trifurcata Sismonda 1871 stony coral
Dendrophyllia multigemmata Zuffardi-Comerci 1932 stony coral
and n. subsp. subplana
Balanophyllia varians Reuss 1854 stony coral
Balanophyllia concinna Reuss 1871 stony coral
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
"Holoporella cf. globularis" = Celleporaria
"Holoporella cf. globularis" = Celleporaria
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Tretocycloeciidae