Blumenthau, Bermaringen (Jurassic of Germany)

Also known as Reef 1726

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.5° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 18.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: mechanical

Primary reference: O. F. Geyer. 1954. Die oberjurassische Korallenfauna von Württemberg. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 104(4-6):121-220 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23903: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 23.07.2002, edited by Uta Merkel

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Whole fauna, partial revision of corals by Bertling (1993) considered
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
"Crispispongia expansa" = Oculospongia calcareous sponge
Elasmostoma fomes Müller 1984 calcareous sponge
Stellispongia glomerata calcareous sponge
Radicispongia
  -
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea pentagonalis Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Solenocoeniidae
"Convexastrea sexradiata" = Solenocoenia sexradiata
"Convexastrea sexradiata" = Solenocoenia sexradiata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
"Actinarea granulata" = Actinaraea
"Actinarea granulata" = Actinaraea stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
"Thecosmilia trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa
"Thecosmilia trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa Fromentel 1870 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Placophylliidae
Placophyllia dianthus Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Tiaradendron germinans Quenstedt 1852 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Mycetaraea dimorpha Boelsche 1867 stony coral
Mycetaraea agaricoides Quenstedt 1881 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
"Thamnasteria pseudarachnoides" = Fungiastraea pseudarachnoides Becker 1875 stony coral
Latomeandra plicata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Microphyllia soemmeringii Muenster 1829 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cyathophora bourgueti Defrance 1826 stony coral
Cyathophora claudiensis Etallon 1859 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"Stylina decipiens" = Adelocoenia pistillum, "Stylina limbata" = Adelocoenia limbata, Stylina delabechii, "Stylina spissa" = Stylina inflata, Enallhelia compressa
"Stylina decipiens" = Adelocoenia pistillum Fromentel 1861 stony coral
"Stylina limbata" = Adelocoenia limbata Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
= S. fallax
Stylina delabechii stony coral
"Stylina spissa" = Stylina inflata Fromentel 1856 stony coral
Enallhelia compressa Münster 1829 stony coral
Enallohelia compressa
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria microconos Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae
Axosmilia infundibuliformis Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral
End reef builders
Gastropoda
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Turbo" globatus snail
" put here by me
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea desvoidyi D'Orbigny 1921 snail
 Heterostropha - Nerinellidae
"Nerinea hoheneggeri" = Eunerinea hoheneggeri
"Nerinea hoheneggeri" = Eunerinea hoheneggeri Peters 1855 snail
 Heterostrophia -
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
"Alectryonia pulligera" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Alectryonia pulligera" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Hippuritida - Diceratidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
"Terebratula insignis" = Loboidothyris insignis
"Terebratula insignis" = Loboidothyris insignis Schübler 1820
 Terebratulida - Terebratellidae
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Crinoidea
 Millericrinida - Millericrinidae
Millericrinus sp. d'Orbigny 1840 Sea lily