Also known as Reef 3248
Where: Germany (48.5° N, 9.6° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 18.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)
• eudoxus zone (late Middle Kimmeridgian). Collection is from one horizon within sponge-crust biohermal limestones
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, peel or thin section,
• 75% of fauna is composed of sponges
Primary reference: W. Werner, R. R. Leinfelder, F. T. Fürsich and M. Krautter. 1994. Comparative palaeoecology of marly coralline sponge-bearing reefal associations from the Kimmeridgina (Upper Jurassic) of Portugal and southwestern Germany. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 172:381-397 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34650: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 15.09.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae | |
Cylindrophyma milleporata Goldfuss 1826 demosponge | |
Pachycothon quenstedtii demosponge | |
Cnemidiastrum sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge | |
Hyalotragos cf. patelloides demosponge
Hyalotragos sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge
Hyalotragos pezizoides Goldfuss 1833 demosponge | |
Platychonia sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge | |
Lecanella pateraeformis Zittel 1878 demosponge | |
"Myrmecidium hemisphaericum" = Epitheles hemisphaerica
"Myrmecidium hemisphaericum" = Epitheles hemisphaerica Goldfuss 1826 demosponge | |
Hexactinellida | |
"Tremadictyon sp." = Cribrospongia, "Tremadictyon reticulatum" = Cribrospongia reticulata
"Tremadictyon sp." = Cribrospongia d'Orbigny 1849 glass sponge
"Tremadictyon reticulatum" = Cribrospongia reticulata Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge | |
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Stauroderma sp. Zittel 1877 glass sponge | |
Pachyteichisma sp., "Pachyrhachis cupula" = Trochobolus cupulus
Pachyteichisma sp. Zittel 1877 glass sponge
"Pachyrhachis cupula" = Trochobolus cupulus Schrammen 1937 glass sponge | |
Cypellia sp. Pomel 1872 glass sponge
Cypellia rugosa Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge | |
"Sporadopyle sp." = Favispongia
"Sporadopyle sp." = Favispongia Quenstedt 1878 glass sponge | |
"Craticularia paradoxa" = Laocoetis paradoxa, Sphenaulax costata, Craticularia sp., Craticularia parallela
"Craticularia paradoxa" = Laocoetis paradoxa Münster 1833 glass sponge
Sphenaulax costata Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Craticularia sp. Zittel 1877 glass sponge
Craticularia parallela Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge | |
Calcarea | |
"Corynella sp." = Endostoma
"Corynella sp." = Endostoma Roemer 1864 calcareous sponge | |
Radicispongia | |
Radicispongia radiciformis Goldfuss 1826 | |
Echinoidea | |
Cidaroida indet. Claus 1880 pencil urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Atreta sp. Etallon 1862 scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
Aulacostephanus eudoxus d'Orbigny 1850 ammonite | |
Polychaeta | |
Cycloserpula sp. Parsch 1956 | |
Dorsoserpula sp. Parsch 1956 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratulidae indet. Gray 1840 | |
Rhynchonellidae indet. Gray 1848 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Stomatopora sp. Bronn 1825 | |
"Berenicea" sp. Lamouroux 1821 |