Nusplingen, sponge fauna (Jurassic of Germany)
Where: Germany (48.1° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 17.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
• White Jurassic Alpha
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified marl
• marls very rich in sponges
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. Pisera. 1997. Upper Jurassic siliceous sponges from the Swabian Alb: taxonomy and paleoecology. Palaeontologia Polonica 57:3-216 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 74034: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.07.2007
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Taxonomic list
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| Hexactinellida | |
"Cypellia prolifera" = Paracypellia prolifera, Cypellia rugosa
"Cypellia prolifera" = Paracypellia prolifera Zittel 1878 glass sponge
Cypellia rugosa Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge | |
"Placotelia marcoui" = Discophyma
"Placotelia marcoui" = Discophyma glass sponge | |
"Walcotella pertusa" = Keuppiella pertusa
"Walcotella pertusa" = Keuppiella pertusa Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge | |
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Stauroderma lochense glass sponge | |
| Demospongiae | |
Platychonia schlotheimi, "Platychonia striata" = Chonellopsis striata
Platychonia schlotheimi Goldfuss 1833 demosponge
"Platychonia striata" = Chonellopsis striata Schrammen 1937 demosponge | |