Heuchstetten, Swabian Alb (Jurassic of Germany)
Where: Germany (48.6° N, 10.0° E: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 18.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)
• White Jurassic Epsilon
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified limestone
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 74099: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.07.2007
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Taxonomic list
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Hexactinellida | |
Xenoschrammenum alternans Schrammen 1937 glass sponge | |
Laocoetis paradoxa Münster 1833 glass sponge | |
Rhogostomium corrugatum Schrammen 1937 glass sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Lecanella pateraeformis Zittel 1878 demosponge | |
Dicranoclonella sp. Schrammen 1937 demosponge | |
Tetracladina indet. Zittel 1878 demosponge | |
Kalpinella cf. pateraeformis Hinde 1884 demosponge | |
"Platychonia striata" = Chonellopsis striata
"Platychonia striata" = Chonellopsis striata Schrammen 1937 demosponge |