Where: Germany (48.1° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 17.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)
• White Jurassic Gamma
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone and lithified marl
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 74037: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.07.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida | |
Lychniscosa indet. Schrammen 1903 glass sponge | |
Desmoderma evestigata Schrammen 1937 glass sponge | |
Trochobolus cylindratus, Trochobolus labyrinthicus, Trochobolus texatus, Trochobolus cupulus, Trochobolus dentatus, Pachyteichisma lamellosa, Pachyteichisma lopas, Pachyteichisma microstoma
Trochobolus cylindratus Oppliger 1915 glass sponge
Trochobolus labyrinthicus Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
Trochobolus texatus Goldfuss 1833 glass sponge
Trochobolus cupulus Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
Trochobolus dentatus Kolb 1910 glass sponge
Pachyteichisma lamellosa glass sponge
Pachyteichisma lopas Quenstedt 1877 glass sponge
Pachyteichisma microstoma Quenstedt 1877 glass sponge | |
"Cypellia prolifera" = Paracypellia prolifera, Porocypellia piriformis, Cypellia caliciformis, Cypellia trabeculata, Cypellia rugosa, Cypellia inberbis
"Cypellia prolifera" = Paracypellia prolifera Zittel 1878 glass sponge
Porocypellia piriformis Goldfuss 1833 glass sponge
Cypellia caliciformis Oppliger 1907 glass sponge
Cypellia trabeculata Quenstedt 1878 glass sponge
Cypellia rugosa Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Cypellia inberbis Quenstedt 1877 glass sponge | |
? Camerospongia sp. n. sp.
? Camerospongia sp. n. sp. d'Orbigny 1849 glass sponge | |
Phlyctaenium coniforme glass sponge | |
Sporadopyle obliqua Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Sporadopyle pusilla Schrammen 1937 glass sponge | |
"Placotelia marcoui" = Discophyma glass sponge
"Placotelia laciniata" = Discophyma glass sponge
Lychniscaulus vannus Schrammen 1937 glass sponge | |
Pachyascus formosus, Laocoetis sp., Laocoetis arborescens, Laocoetis clathrata, Laocoetis procumbens, Leptolacis striata, Sphenaulax costata, "Laocoetis lineata" = Dictyonocoelia lineatum, "Laocoetis schweiggeri" = Dictyonocoelia schweiggeri, "Laocoetis parallela" = Craticularia parallela
Pachyascus formosus Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
Laocoetis sp. Pomel 1872 glass sponge
Laocoetis arborescens Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
Laocoetis clathrata Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Laocoetis procumbens Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Leptolacis striata Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
Sphenaulax costata Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
"Laocoetis lineata" = Dictyonocoelia lineatum Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
"Laocoetis schweiggeri" = Dictyonocoelia schweiggeri Goldfuss 1829 glass sponge
"Laocoetis parallela" = Craticularia parallela Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge | |
Tremaphorus apertus Oppliger 1915 glass sponge | |
Stauroderma lochense glass sponge | |
Multiloqua fungulus glass sponge | |
Verrucocoelia verrucosa Goldfuss 1829 glass sponge
Ramispongia ramosa Quenstedt 1877 glass sponge
Linonema calyx Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
Ordinatus texturatus Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge | |
"Rhabdium angustatum" = Octobrum angustatum, Porospongia marginata
"Rhabdium angustatum" = Octobrum angustatum Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
Porospongia marginata Goldfuss 1829 glass sponge | |
"Walcotella pertusa" = Keuppiella pertusa, Erineum minutum, ? Cribrospongia tesselata, Cribrospongia cucullata, Cribrospongia elegans, Cribrospongia reticulata
"Walcotella pertusa" = Keuppiella pertusa Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Erineum minutum Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
? Cribrospongia tesselata glass sponge
Cribrospongia cucullata glass sponge
Cribrospongia elegans Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
Cribrospongia reticulata Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge | |
Polygonatium sphaeroides Schrammen 1937 glass sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
"Pyrgochonia radiata" = Pyrgochonia (Actinostrombus) radiata, "Pyrgochonia acetabulum" = Pyrgochonia (Pyrgochonia) acetabulum, Hyalotragos rugosum, Hyalotragos pezizoides, Hyalotragos patella
"Pyrgochonia radiata" = Pyrgochonia (Actinostrombus) radiata Goldfuss 1829 demosponge
"Pyrgochonia acetabulum" = Pyrgochonia (Pyrgochonia) acetabulum Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
Hyalotragos rugosum demosponge
Hyalotragos pezizoides Goldfuss 1833 demosponge
Hyalotragos patella Goldfuss 1826 demosponge | |
Reiswigia sp. Trammer 1979 demosponge | |
Platychonia schlotheimi, "Platychonia striata" = Chonellopsis striata
Platychonia schlotheimi Goldfuss 1833 demosponge
"Platychonia striata" = Chonellopsis striata Schrammen 1937 demosponge | |
Cnemidiastrum stellatum, "Cnemidiastrum pluristellatum" = Cnemidiastrum (Tremastrum) pluristellatum, "Cnemidiastrum rimulosum" = Cnemopeltia (Cnemopeltia) rimulosum
Cnemidiastrum stellatum Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
"Cnemidiastrum pluristellatum" = Cnemidiastrum (Tremastrum) pluristellatum Zittel 1878 demosponge
"Cnemidiastrum rimulosum" = Cnemopeltia (Cnemopeltia) rimulosum Goldfuss 1826 demosponge | |
Coscinodiscus sp. Schrammen 1937 demosponge
Cylindrophyma milleporata Goldfuss 1826 demosponge | |
? Kyphoclonella sp. Kolb 1910 demosponge
Kyphoclonella multiformis Kolb 1910 demosponge | |
Sontheimia perforata Kolb 1910 demosponge | |
"Lecanella cf. nuda" = Sphaeropegma nuda Schrammen 1937 demosponge
Lecanella "sp. B" Zittel 1878 demosponge
Lecanella pateraeformis Zittel 1878 demosponge | |
Pachycothon quenstedti demosponge | |
? Heterostinia sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge | |
Aka muelleri Reitner and Keupp 1991 demosponge |