PBDB Collection

Genkingen, Swabian Alb (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (48.4° N, 9.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.5° N, 17.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• White Jurassic Delta

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified marl

• well bedded limestones with some marl intercalations in the lower part, poorly bedded or massive limestones in the upper part

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 74064: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.07.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Demospongiae
Tetralithistida - Cylindrophymatidae	Cylindrophyma milleporata Cylindrophyma milleporata Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
Spirosclerophorida - Platychoniidae	Amphibleptula jurassica n. sp., "Platychonia striata" = Chonellopsis striata Amphibleptula jurassica n. sp. Pisera 1997 demosponge "Platychonia striata" = Chonellopsis striata Schrammen 1937 demosponge
Spirosclerophorida - Cnemidiastridae	"Cnemidiastrum rimulosum" = Cnemopeltia (Cnemopeltia) rimulosum "Cnemidiastrum rimulosum" = Cnemopeltia (Cnemopeltia) rimulosum Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
Spirosclerophorida - Scleritodermatidae	Epistomella sp. Epistomella sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge
Spirosclerophorida - Discostromatidae	Discostroma intricatum, Hyalotragos rugosum, Hyalotragos patella, Hyalotragos pezizoides, "Pyrgochonia acetabulum" = Pyrgochonia (Pyrgochonia) acetabulum, "Pyrgochonia radiata" = Pyrgochonia (Actinostrombus) radiata Discostroma intricatum Quenstedt 1877 demosponge Hyalotragos rugosum demosponge Hyalotragos patella Goldfuss 1826 demosponge Hyalotragos pezizoides Goldfuss 1833 demosponge "Pyrgochonia acetabulum" = Pyrgochonia (Pyrgochonia) acetabulum Goldfuss 1826 demosponge "Pyrgochonia radiata" = Pyrgochonia (Actinostrombus) radiata Goldfuss 1829 demosponge
Monalithistida - Lecanellidae	Lecanella "sp. A", Lecanella pateraeformis Lecanella "sp. A" Zittel 1878 demosponge Lecanella pateraeformis Zittel 1878 demosponge
Hexactinellida
Hexactinosa -	Porospongia marginata Porospongia marginata Goldfuss 1829 glass sponge
Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae	"Walcotella pertusa" = Keuppiella pertusa "Walcotella pertusa" = Keuppiella pertusa Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Hexactinosa -	Tremaphorus apertus Tremaphorus apertus Oppliger 1915 glass sponge
Hexactinosa - Euretidae	Ordinatus texturatus Ordinatus texturatus Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Lychniscosa - Cypelliidae	Porocypellia piriformis, Cypellia rugosa Porocypellia piriformis Goldfuss 1833 glass sponge Cypellia rugosa Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Lychniscosa - Pachyteichismatidae	Pachyteichisma lamellosa, Pachyteichisma gresslyi, Pachyteichisma lopas, Trochobolus labyrinthicus, Trochobolus cupulus, Trochobolus texatus, Trochobolus cylindratus Pachyteichisma lamellosa glass sponge Pachyteichisma gresslyi Etallon 1859 glass sponge Pachyteichisma lopas Quenstedt 1877 glass sponge Trochobolus labyrinthicus Schrammen 1937 glass sponge Trochobolus cupulus Schrammen 1937 glass sponge Trochobolus texatus Goldfuss 1833 glass sponge Trochobolus cylindratus Oppliger 1915 glass sponge
Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae	Laocoetis procumbens, "Laocoetis parallela" = Craticularia parallela, "Laocoetis schweiggeri" = Dictyonocoelia schweiggeri, Sphenaulax costata Laocoetis procumbens Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge "Laocoetis parallela" = Craticularia parallela Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge "Laocoetis schweiggeri" = Dictyonocoelia schweiggeri Goldfuss 1829 glass sponge Sphenaulax costata Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge