Neuburg (Donau): Early/Lower Turonian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Holasteroida
? Pseudholaster bicarinatus (Agassiz 1847)
Schneider et al. 2013 1 specimen
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Spatangidae
Epiaster distinctus (Agassiz and Desor 1847)
Schneider et al. 2013 1 specimen
Epiaster brevipetalus Smith and Wright 2008
Schneider et al. 2013 3 specimens
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Sabellidae
Glomerula plexus (Sowerby 1829)
Schneider et al. 2013
Glomerula ? serpentina (Schlotheim 1820)
Schneider et al. 2013 3 specimens
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Cymatoceras columbinum (Fritsch 1872)
Schneider et al. 2013 3 specimens
Cymatoceras cf. elegans (Sowerby 1816)
Schneider et al. 2013 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus reversus (Sowerby 1836)
Schneider et al. 2013 2 fragments
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus hoppenstedtensis Troeger 1967
Schneider et al. 2013
Inoceramus crippsi Mantell 1822
Schneider et al. 2013
Inoceramus crippsi crippsi
Inoceramus pictus Sowerby 1829
Schneider et al. 2013
recombined as Inoceramus (Inoceramus) pictus
Inoceramus pictus pictus, Inoceramus pictus cf. concentricoundulatus
Mytiloides mytiloides (Mantell 1822)
Schneider et al. 2013
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Neithea cf. regularis (Schlotheim 1813)
Schneider et al. 2013 2 fragments
Neithea quinquecostata (Sowerby 1814)
Schneider et al. 2013 1 specimen
Neithea coquandi (Peron 1877)
Schneider et al. 2013 1 specimen
recombined as Neithea (Neithea) coquandi
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes virgatus (Nilsson 1827)
Schneider et al. 2013
Chlamys elongata (Lamarck 1819)
Schneider et al. 2013
Mimachlamys robinaldina (Orbigny 1847)
Schneider et al. 2013
Merklinia aspera (Lamarck 1819)
Schneider et al. 2013
original and current combination Pecten asper
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Schneider et al. 2013 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima parallela (Sowerby 1812)
Schneider et al. 2013 1 specimen
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814
Schneider et al. 2013 1 specimen
Pseudolimea cf. composita (Sowerby 1836)
Schneider et al. 2013 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia papyracea Orbigny 1847
Schneider et al. 2013
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema haggi Dhondt 1971
Schneider et al. 2013 1 specimen
Entolium orbiculare (Sowerby 1817)
Schneider et al. 2013
synonym of Syncyclonema nilsoni
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillaria neptuni (Goldfuss 1837)
Schneider et al. 2013 1 specimen
? Gervillia sp. Defrance 1820
Schneider et al. 2013 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
? Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777
Schneider et al. 2013 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cretacea (Schlotheim 1813)
Schneider et al. 2013
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Rastellum diluvianum (Linnaeus 1767)
Schneider et al. 2013
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum (Lamarck 1801)
Schneider et al. 2013
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
? Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801
Schneider et al. 2013 1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Cyclothyris sp. M'Coy 1844
Schneider et al. 2013 20 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Grasirhynchia grasiana (d'Orbigny 1849)
Schneider et al. 2013 1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Gibbithyrididae
? Concinnithyris sp.
Schneider et al. 2013 1 specimen
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Eleidae
Reptomultelea cf. sarthacensis (d'Orbigny 1853)
Schneider et al. 2013
1 colony
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Diastoporidae
Berenicea sp. Lamouroux 1821
Schneider et al. 2013 1 specimen
1 colony
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Cerioporidae
Cerioporidae informal indet. 1 Busk 1859
Schneider et al. 2013
? Cerioporidae informal indet. 2 Busk 1859
Schneider et al. 2013
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
? Calloporidae indet. Norman 1903
Schneider et al. 2013
Hexactinellida - Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Laocoetis cf. tenuis
Schneider et al. 2013
Laocoetis vulgata (Pocta 1883)
Paracraticularia fittoni (Mantell 1822)
recombined as Laocoetis fittoni
Craticularia cf. tenuis
Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae
? Plocoscyphia fenestrata (Smith and Toulmin 1848)
Brachiolites fenestratus
Schneider et al. 2013
Centrosia incrustans Schrammen 1902
Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Dactylocalycidae
Exanthesis reticulatus (Hinde 1883)
recombined as Exanthesis (Exanthesis) reticulata
Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
Stauronema cf. planum Hinde 1883
Stauronema carteri Sollas 1877
Ventriculites sp. Mantell 1822
Leiostracosia sp. Schrammen 1902
Ubiquiradius mirus (Schrammen 1912)
Pleuropyge plana Schrammen 1912
Napaeana sp. de Laubenfels 1955
Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
Guettardiscyphia sp. Fromentel 1860
Guettardiscyphia cf. roemeri (Pomel 1872)
Guettardiscyphia stellata (Michelin 1847)
Guettardiscyphia diptera n. sp. Wagner 1963
Guettardiscyphia alata (Pomel 1872)
Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Elasmoierea sp.
Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Phymaraphiniidae
Polyrhipidium cristagalli Schrammen 1924
Pholidocladia sp. Hinde 1884
Pholidocladia dichotoma Hinde 1884
recombined as Pholidocladia (Pholidocladia) dichotoma
subsp. incrustans and tuberculata
Prokaliapsis schrammeni n. sp. Wagner 1963
Prokaliapsis danubica n. sp. Wagner 1963
and nov. subsp. bulbosa
Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Plinthosellidae
Pycnodesma globosa Schrammen 1910
Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Theonellidae
Phymaplectia cribrata Hinde 1884
Thamnospongia cf. reticulata Hinde 1883
Phyllodermia kempckei n. sp. Wagner 1963
Phyllodermia antiqua (Schrammen 1901)
recombined as Phyllodermia (Phyllodermia) antiqua
Ragadinia rimosa (Roemer 1864)
Ragadinia laccophora n. sp. Wagner 1963
Pseudojerea excavata Moret 1946
Acrochordonia ramosa Schrammen 1901
Phyllodermia aff. galloprovincialis (Moret 1925)
original and current combination Discodermia galloprovincialis
Leiophyllum cf. panniculosum Schrammen 1924
Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Astrocladiidae
Astrocladia subramosa (Roemer 1864)
Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae
Kalpinella pateraeformis Hinde 1884
Siphonia pyriformis Goldfuss 1826
recombined as Siphonia (Siphonia) pyriformis
subsp. tubulosa
Jerea pyriformis Lamouroux 1821
Polyierea arbuscula
Thecosiphonia torgeri Schrammen 1910
Thecosiphonia neoburgensis n. sp. Wagner 1963
Turonia constricta Zittel 1878
Turonia cerebriformis Schrammen 1910
Turonia globosa n. sp. Wagner 1963
Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Corallistidae
Procorallistes polymorphus Schrammen 1901
Phrissospongia hoffmanni n. sp. Wagner 1963
Demospongiae - Monalithistida - Vetulinidae
Pachytrachelus cf. exspectatus Schrammen 1910
recombined as Ozotrachelus exspectatus
Demospongiae - Monalithistida - Lecanellidae
? Lecanella aff. pateraeformis Zittel 1878
Regnardia cf. lapparenti Moret 1925
Demospongiae - Megalithistida - Pleromatidae
Heterostinia obliqua
Doryderma roemeri Hinde 1884
recombined as Doryderma (Brochodora) roemeri
Homalodora benetti
corrected as Homalodoriana
Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida
Laosciadia mantellii
Schneider et al. 2013
Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Seliscothonidae
Seliscothon mantelli (Goldfuss 1826)
listed as Laosciadia mantellii
Rhabdotum columna Schrammen 1924
listed as Laosciadia columna
Demospongiae - Cephaloraphiditidae
Ophiraphidites annulatus Schrammen 1910
Demospongiae - Pachastrellida - Pachastrellidae
Propachastrella sp. Schrammen 1910
unclassified
Planolites sp. Nicholson 1873
Schneider et al. 2013 3 grid-count
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bayern
Coordinates: 48.7° North, 11.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.7° North, 11.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Turonian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Turonian
Age range of interval:93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Neuburger Weiß
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine cherty/siliceous sandstone
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:114012
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel, M. Krause
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-08-08 20:00:27 Last modified:2011-08-08 06:00:27
Access level:authorizer only Released:2012-08-08 20:00:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
37001. W. Wagner. 1963. Die Schwammfauna der Oberkreide von Neuburg (Donau) [The Upper Cretaceous sponge fauna from Neuburg (Donau)]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 122:166-250 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

63163 S. Schneider, M. Jäger, A. Kroh, A. Mitterer, B. Niebuhr, R. Vodrážka, M. Wilmsen, C. J. Wood, and K. Zágoršek. 2013. Silicified sea life – Macrofauna and palaeoecology of the Neuburg Kieselerde Member (Cenomanian to Lower Turonian Wellheim Formation, Bavaria, southern Germany). Acta Geologica Polonica 63(4):555-610 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]