Tongrube Sachsenhagen (Cretaceous to of Germany)

Where: Germany (42.4° N, 9.3° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 16.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Berriasian to Late/Upper Berriasian (145.0 - 132.9 Ma)

• The paper distinguishes 5 stratigraphic units but provides a single taxon list.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, calcareous claystone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ)

Primary reference: R. Fischer. 1992. Fossilien aus der Tongrube Sachsenhagen. Arbeitskereis Paläontologie Hannover 20(2):33-53 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 95087: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 06.04.2010, edited by Jonathan Tennant, Philip Mannion and Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Thecostraca
 Archaeolepadomorpha - Archaeolepadidae
"Archaeolepas decora" = Loriolepas decora
"Archaeolepas decora" = Loriolepas decora Harbort 1905 barnacle
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Mecochiridae
 Decapoda - Protastacidae
Protastacus politus Schlüter 1868 decapod
 Decapoda - Nephropidae
Hoploparia aspera Harbort 1905 clawed lobster
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
Lingula subovalis Davidson 1852
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana scapha pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
Modiolus aequalis Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra spiralis" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
Aetostreon latissimum Lamarck 1801 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Ostrea germaini Coquand 1869 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria vulgaris pearl oyster
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Pinna robinaldina d'Orbigny 1844 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima (Plagiostoma) planicosta" = Plagiostoma
"Lima (Plagiostoma) planicosta" = Plagiostoma file clam
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia sp. Rouillier 1845 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
Anomia laevigata Sowerby 1836 jingle
Anomia pseudoradiata d'Orbigny 1850 jingle
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
Camptonectes striatopunctatus Roemer 1839 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
 Solenida - Pharidae
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
 Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Solecurtus sp. Blainville 1824 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Thetis schaumburgensis" = Gouldia, "Thetis sp." = Gouldia
"Thetis schaumburgensis" = Gouldia venus clam
"Thetis sp." = Gouldia Adams 1847 venus clam
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
 Cardiida - Neomiodontidae
Neomiodon latoovatus clam
listed as Neomiodon latoovatus latoovatus
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula angulata" = Cuneocorbula angulata Lamarck 1806 clam
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
? Gresslya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Cyclas sp." = Lucina (Cyclas)
"Cyclas sp." = Lucina (Cyclas) Klein 1853 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigonioididae
Nippononaia sp. Suzuki 1941 clam
Gastropoda
 Basommatophora -
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
"Actaeon sp." = Acteon
"Actaeon sp." = Acteon Montfort 1810 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica laevigata moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Metacerithiidae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
 Seguenzioidea - Seguenziidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae
 Belemnitida - Belemnitidae
 Nautilida -
Nautilida indet.1 Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
Reptilia
 Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Cricosaurus schroederi2 Kühn 1936 marine crocodile
Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae
Rhabdocidaris sp. Desor 1855 pencil urchin
Ophiuroidea
  -
Ophiuroidea indet. Gray 1840 brittle star
Asteroidea
  -
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830 sea star
 Ichnofossils -
Chondrites sp. von Sternberg 1833