Bore Lullingen 2, depth 19m (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, silty 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 62959: 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
 Nodosariacea - Glandulinidae
 Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae
Uvigerina semiornata
25 specimens U. semiornata for. semiornata, 1 specimen U. semiornata for. karreri and 1 specimen U. semiornata for. albingensis
 Asterigerinacea - Asterigerinidae
Asterigerina guerichi
A. gürichi staeschi
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"Marginulina akneriana" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina akneriana" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
  - Spiroplectamminidae
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
  - Chilostomellidae
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides lobatulus
incl. 3 specimens C. lobatulus var. ornatus
Cibicides dutemplei dOrbigny 1846
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita1 Brocchi 1814 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia sp.1 Conrad 1867 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella1 Lamarck 1818 venus clam
V. (V.) multilamella multilamella
"Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima1 Montagu 1803 venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba1 Oliva 1792 clam
C. (V.) gibba gibba
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Pseudantalis aturensis" = Dentalium (Pseudantilis)1 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae