Sudmerberg (Cretaceous to of Germany)

Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (51.9° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.9° N, 10.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: "Siphonia Marl" Formation, Coniacian to Coniacian (89.8 - 83.6 Ma)

• Westfalicus zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Schrammen. 1910. Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland, Teil 1 Tetraxonia, Monaxonia und Silicea incert. sedis [Upper Cretaceous sponges from north-western Germany, part 1 Tetraxonia, Monaxonia and Silicea incert. sedis]. Palaeontographica, Supplement 5:1-175 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 110612: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.06.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Hexactinellida
 Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Craticularia roemeri
Craticularia roemeri Schrammen 1912 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
"Guettardia bisalata n. sp." = Guettardiscyphia bisalata
"Guettardia bisalata n. sp." = Guettardiscyphia bisalata Schrammen 1912 glass sponge
Demospongiae
 Megalithistida - Carterellidae
Pachycothon giganteum
Pachycothon giganteum Roemer 1864 demosponge
 Megalithistida - Pleromatidae
Pachypoterion koeneni n. sp.
Pachypoterion koeneni n. sp. Schrammen 1910 demosponge
 Monalithistida - Vetulinidae
"Pachytrachelus conicus" = Ozotrachelus conicus
"Pachytrachelus conicus" = Ozotrachelus conicus Roemer 1841 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Seliscothonidae
"Chonella auriformis" = Pachyselis auriformis, Seliscothon marginatum, Seliscothon mantelli
"Chonella auriformis" = Pachyselis auriformis Roemer 1840 demosponge
Seliscothon marginatum Roemer 1841 demosponge
Seliscothon mantelli Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Scleritodermatidae
Verruculina micrommata, Verruculina seriatopora, Verruculina angulata n. sp., Verruculina tenuis
Verruculina micrommata Roemer 1841 demosponge
Verruculina seriatopora Roemer 1841 demosponge
Verruculina angulata n. sp. Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Verruculina tenuis Roemer 1840 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Jereicidae
Stichophyma turbinata, Jereica punctata
Stichophyma turbinata Roemer 1840 demosponge
Jereica punctata Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Azoricidae
Cytoracia impressa, Cytoracia costata n. sp., Cytoracia grandis, Coelocorypha socialis, Coelocorypha acuta, Coelocorypha nidulifera, Coelocorypha subglobosa, Stachyspongia tuberculosa, Leiochonia cryptoporosa, Astrobolia hemisphaerica, Astrobolia tenella, Astrobolia globosa, Bolidium palmatum
Cytoracia impressa Roemer 1864 demosponge
listed as Cytoracea impressa
Cytoracia costata n. sp. Schrammen 1910 demosponge
listed as Cytoracea costata
Cytoracia grandis Roemer 1864 demosponge
listed as Cytoracea grandis
Coelocorypha acuta demosponge
Coelocorypha nidulifera Roemer 1864 demosponge
Coelocorypha subglobosa Zittel 1878 demosponge
Stachyspongia tuberculosa Roemer 1864 demosponge
Leiochonia cryptoporosa Schrammen 1901 demosponge
Astrobolia tenella demosponge
Astrobolia globosa demosponge
Bolidium palmatum demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Corallistidae
Pachinion familiare
 Tetralithistida - Phymaraphiniidae
Lopadophorus janus
 Tetralithistida - Astrocladiidae
Astrocladia subramosa
Astrocladia subramosa Roemer 1864 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae
Siphonia griepenkerli n. sp., Callopegma depressa, Phymatella bulbosa, Trachysycon muricatum
Siphonia griepenkerli n. sp. Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Phymatella bulbosa Zittel 1878 demosponge
Trachysycon muricatum Roemer 1864 demosponge
 Choristida - Scolioraphididae
Scolioraphis tesselata