Bore Lullingen 2, depth 29m (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 62960: 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
Nodosariata
 Robertinida - Ceratobuliminidae
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Guttulina problema d'Orbigny 1826
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides lobatulus
C. lobatulus var. ornatus
Cibicides dutemplei dOrbigny 1846
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
  -
"Marginulina akneriana" = Cristellaria (Marginulina), "Marginulina hirsuta" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina akneriana" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina hirsuta" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
  - Chilostomellidae
Sphaeroidina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
  - Spiroplectamminidae
 Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae
Globorotalia cf. zealandica Walters 1965
G. cf. zealandica incognita
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
Martinottiella communis Huang et al. 2019
 Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae
Uvigerina semiornata
12 specimens U. semiornata for. semiornata, 1 specimen U. semiornata for. karreri and 1 specimen U. semiornata for. albingensis
 Discorbacea - Bagginidae
Cancris auriculus Fichtel and Moll 1798
 Asterigerinacea - Asterigerinidae
Asterigerina guerichi
A. gürichi staeschi
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Balcis (Balcis) alba2 snail
B. alba for. lactea
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
"Ancilla (Baryspira) obsoleta" = Amalda obsoleta2
"Ancilla (Baryspira) obsoleta" = Amalda obsoleta2 Brocchi 1814 snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
 Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Sorgenfreispira tenella3 Conrad 1848 snail
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet.2 Guilding 1834 moon snail
Naticidae juv. et indet.
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Limopsidae
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) anomala" = Limopsis1, Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita1
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) anomala" = Limopsis1 clam
Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita1 Brocchi 1814 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba1 Oliva 1792 clam
C. (V.) gibba gibba
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima1 Montagu 1803 venus clam
Pelecyora (Cordiopsis) polytropa1 venus clam
P. (C.) polytropa nysti
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte (Astarte) radiata1 Nyst and Westendorp 1839 clam
Astarte radiata fa. convexior
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Pseudantalis aturensis" = Dentalium (Pseudantilis)1 tusk shell
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae
 Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae