Bore Lullingen 2, depth 34m (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

• dark fine sand

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 62944: 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
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
Martinottiella communis Huang et al. 2019
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
 Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae
Uvigerina semiornata
U. semiornata for. semiornata and 1 specimen U. semiornata for. kusteri
 Asterigerinacea - Asterigerinidae
Asterigerina guerichi
A. gürichi staeschi
 Discorbacea - Bagginidae
Cancris auriculus Fichtel and Moll 1798
  - Spiroplectamminidae
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
  - Chilostomellidae
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
 Robertinida - Ceratobuliminidae
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Globulina gibba d'Orbigny 1832
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides lobatulus
incl. 1 specimen C. lobatulus var. ornatus
Cibicides dutemplei dOrbigny 1846
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Stephanophyllia imperialis Michelin 1841 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
"Portlandia (Yoldiella) pygmaea" = Yoldiella1
"Portlandia (Yoldiella) pygmaea" = Yoldiella1 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita1 Brocchi 1814 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba1 Oliva 1792 clam
C. (V.) gibba gibba
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
 Thecosomata - Limacinidae
Limacina valvatina3 Reuss 1867 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Murex (Haustellum) inornatus" = Haustellum2, Lyrotyphis (Eotyphis) fistulosus2
"Murex (Haustellum) inornatus" = Haustellum2 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
"Ancilla (Baryspira) obsoleta" = Amalda obsoleta2
"Ancilla (Baryspira) obsoleta" = Amalda obsoleta2 Brocchi 1814 snail
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Fusiturris duchastelii3 turrid
F. duchastelii flexiplicata
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora deshayesi2 Michelotti 1847 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Semicassis (Echinophoria) bicoronata" = Echinophoria2
"Semicassis (Echinophoria) bicoronata" = Echinophoria2 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet.2 Guilding 1834 moon snail
Naticidae juv. et indet.
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"Bittium (Bittium) spina" = Bittium spina2, Bittium (Bittium) tenuispina2
"Bittium (Bittium) spina" = Bittium spina2 Partsch 1856 cerith snail