Herrlingen, Ulm area, algal-sponge bioherm (Jurassic of Germany)

Also known as Reef 239

Where: Germany (48.4° N, 9.9° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 18.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• setatum zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks and lithified grainstone

• Algal-sponge bioherm: 56m x 27m, max. thickness: 12m. Algal rich basal zone with many sponges is followed by ooid-bearing grainstones and cemented algal-stromatolite-boundstones.

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: M. Schorr and R. Koch. 1985. Fazieszonierung eines oberjurassischen Algen-Schwamm-Bioherms (Herrlingen, Schwäbische Alb) [Facies zonation of an Upper Jurassic algal-sponge bioherm (Swabian Alb, Germany)]. Facies 13:227-270 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68425: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
unclassified
  -
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
 Spirillinina - Spirillinidae
Spirillina sp. Reuss 1862
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Ammodiscus sp. Reuss 1862
 Hormosinacea - Hormosinidae
Reophax sp. Montfort 1808
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Eudea perforata Quenstedt 1858 calcareous sponge
Demospongiae
 Lithistida -
Hexactinellida
  -
Hexactinellida indet. Schmidt 1870 glass sponge
Hydrozoa
  - Nigriporellidae
Tubiphytes sp. Maslov 1956
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
"Juralina insignis" = Loboidothyris insignis
"Juralina insignis" = Loboidothyris insignis Schübler 1820
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Stomatoporidae
Stomatopora sp. Bronn 1825
 Cyclostomata - Diastoporidae
Berenicea sp. Lamouroux 1821
 Cyclostomata - Cerioporidae
Ceriopora sp. Goldfuss 1826
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Ophiuroidea
  -
Ophiuroidea indet. Gray 1840 brittle star