Bore Kevelaer, depth 40m (Miocene of Germany)

Where: North Rhein-Westfalia, Germany (51.6° N, 6.3° E: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 4.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• Reinbek-Dingdener stage

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, fine-grained, micaceous, brown, gray, green, silty sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collection methods: core, mechanical, peroxide, sieve,

• well drilling, 1994

Primary reference: G. Wienrich. 1997. Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 1 Foraminiferen, Anthozoen. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden 1:1-187 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62895: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.08.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Globulina gibba d'Orbigny 1832
incl. 1 specimen G. gibba for. rugosa
Guttulina problema d'Orbigny 1826
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides lobatulus
incl. 1 specimen C. lobatulus var. ornatus
Cibicides dutemplei dOrbigny 1846
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
  - Chilostomellidae
  - Spiroplectamminidae
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
Martinottiella communis Huang et al. 2019
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Foraminifera
 Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae
Uvigerina semiornata
U. semiornata for. semiornata
 Discorbacea - Bagginidae
Cancris auriculus Fichtel and Moll 1798
 Asterigerinacea - Asterigerinidae
Asterigerina guerichi
95 specimens A. gürichi staeschi and 1 specimen A. gürichi frankei
 Nodosariacea - Glandulinidae
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea (Calyptraea) chinensis2 Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"Bittium (Bittium) spina" = Bittium spina2
"Bittium (Bittium) spina" = Bittium spina2 Partsch 1856 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella "sp. 1"2 Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora deshayesi2 Michelotti 1847 carrier shell
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Chrysallida (Pyrgulina) pygmaea3 Grateloup 1838 snail
Ch. pygmaea f. belgica
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Limopsidae
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) anomala" = Limopsis1 clam
Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita1 Brocchi 1814 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba1 Oliva 1792 clam
C. (V.) gibba gibba
 Cardiida - Kelliellidae
 Cardiida - Glossidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella1 Lamarck 1818 venus clam
V. (V.) multilamella multilamella
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Habecardium subturgidum" = Laevicardium (Habecardium)1
"Habecardium subturgidum" = Laevicardium (Habecardium)1 cockle
H. subturgidum subturgidum
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte (Astarte) radiata1 Nyst and Westendorp 1839 clam
Astarte radiata fa. radiata 5 specimens, Astarte radiata fa. convexior 18 specimens
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia sp.1 Conrad 1867 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoma haesendoncki1 nut clam
N. haesendoncki hanseata
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Nuculana (Saccella) westendorpi" = Saccella westendorpi1
"Nuculana (Saccella) westendorpi" = Saccella westendorpi1 Nyst and Westendorp 1839 pointed nut clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
"Portlandia (Yoldiella) pygmaea" = Yoldiella1
"Portlandia (Yoldiella) pygmaea" = Yoldiella1 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Pseudantalis aturensis" = Dentalium (Pseudantilis)1 tusk shell
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae