Gernergraben (Miocene to of Germany)

Where: Bayern, Germany (47.8° N, 11.8° E: paleocoordinates 47.3° N, 11.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• Bavarian Molasse Basin

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; marl and argillaceous sandstone

• marl with marly 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 123149: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
"Holoporella cf. globularis" = Celleporaria
"Holoporella cf. globularis" = Celleporaria
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Desmophyllum striatum
Desmophyllum striatum Michelotti 1871 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum laevissimum
Flabellum laevissimum Kühn 1963 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Eusmilia sp.
Eusmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Cryptangia alloiteaui n. sp.
Cryptangia alloiteaui n. sp. Kühn 1965 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea froehlichiana
Siderastrea froehlichiana Reuss 1847 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Discotrochus hoelzli
Discotrochus hoelzli Kühn 1965 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia concinna, Dendrophyllia taurinensis, Dendrophyllia trifurcata, Enallopsammia poppelacki
Balanophyllia concinna Reuss 1871 stony coral
Dendrophyllia taurinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Dendrophyllia trifurcata Sismonda 1871 stony coral
Enallopsammia poppelacki Reuss 1847 stony coral