Bore Lullingen 2, depth 46m (Miocene of Germany)

Where: North Rhein-Westfalia, Germany (51.5° N, 6.2° E: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 4.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; unlithified, fine-grained sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

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 62941: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 02.08.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• rare = 2-4 specimens, not common = 5-10 specimens, common = 11-50 specimens, very common = >51 specimens
Foraminifera
 Foraminiferida -
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera Eichwald 1830 foram
Nodosariata
 Robertinida - Ceratobuliminidae
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Sigmomorphina sp. Cushman and Ozawa 1928
Globulina gibba d'Orbigny 1832
Guttulina problema d'Orbigny 1826
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia gramen dOrbigny 1846
  - Spiroplectamminidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Foraminifera
 Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae
Uvigerina semiornata
U. semiornata for. semiornata
 Discorbacea - Bagginidae
Cancris auriculus Fichtel and Moll 1798
 Asterigerinacea - Asterigerinidae
Asterigerina guerichi
A. gürichi staeschi
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea (Calyptraea) chinensis2 Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Fusiturris duchastelii3 turrid
F. duchastelii flexiplicata
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Lyrotyphis (Eotyphis) fistulosus2, "Murex (Haustellum) inornatus" = Haustellum2
"Murex (Haustellum) inornatus" = Haustellum2 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora deshayesi2 Michelotti 1847 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet.2 Guilding 1834 moon snail
Naticidae juv. et indet.
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
 Thecosomata - Limacinidae
Limacina valvatina3 Reuss 1867 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Bathyarca pectunculoides1 Scacchi 1834 clam
 Arcida - Limopsidae
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) anomala" = Limopsis1 clam
Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita1 Brocchi 1814 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pseudamussium lilli1 Pusch 1837 scallop
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba1 Oliva 1792 clam
C. (V.) gibba gibba
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte (Astarte) radiata1 Nyst and Westendorp 1839 clam
Astarte radiata fa. radiata
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia sp.1 Conrad 1867 clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
"Portlandia (Yoldiella) pygmaea" = Yoldiella1
"Portlandia (Yoldiella) pygmaea" = Yoldiella1 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Pseudantalis aturensis" = Dentalium (Pseudantilis)1 tusk shell