Erkenbrechtsweiler, Swabian Alb: Kimmeridgian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Radicispongia radiciformis (Goldfuss 1826)
Müller 1984
Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida
Reiswigia sp. Trammer 1979
Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Scleritodermatidae
Epistomella sp. Zittel 1878
Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Discostromatidae
Hyalotragos rugosum
Hyalotragos pezizoides (Goldfuss 1833)
Hyalotragos patella (Goldfuss 1826)
Pyrgochonia radiata (Goldfuss 1829)
recombined as Pyrgochonia (Actinostrombus) radiata
Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Platychoniidae
Platychonia schlotheimi (Goldfuss 1833)
Platychonia striata (Schrammen 1937)
original and current combination Chonellopsis striata
Platychonia folium (Schrammen 1937)
original and current combination Chonellopsis folium
Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Cnemidiastridae
Cnemidiastrum rimulosum (Goldfuss 1826)
recombined as Cnemopeltia (Cnemopeltia) rimulosum
Cnemidiastrum pluristellatum Zittel 1878
recombined as Cnemidiastrum (Tremastrum) pluristellatum
Cnemidiastrum stellatum (Goldfuss 1826)
Demospongiae - Monalithistida - Lecanellidae
Lecanella informal sp. A Zittel 1878
Lecanella informal sp. B Zittel 1878
Lecanella pateraeformis Zittel 1878
Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Cylindrophymatidae
Cylindrophyma milleporata (Goldfuss 1826)
Coscinodiscus sp. Schrammen 1937
Demospongiae - Megalithistida - Carterellidae
Pachycothon quenstedti
Demospongiae - Megalithistida - Pleromatidae
Megalithista sp. Zittel 1878
? Heterostinia sp. Zittel 1878
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sestrostomellidae
Myrmecidium hemisphaericum (Goldfuss 1826)
Müller 1984
recombined as Epitheles hemisphaerica
Hexactinellida - Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Laocoetis parallela (Goldfuss 1826)
recombined as Craticularia parallela
Laocoetis schweiggeri (Goldfuss 1829)
recombined as Dictyonocoelia schweiggeri
Laocoetis lineata (Schrammen 1937)
recombined as Dictyonocoelia lineatum
Sphenaulax irregularis n. sp. Pisera 1997
Sphenaulax costata (Goldfuss 1826)
Laocoetis sp. Pomel 1872
Laocoetis clathrata (Goldfuss 1826)
Laocoetis striatopunctata (Schrammen 1937)
Laocoetis tubifera (Schrammen 1937)
Laocoetis procumbens (Goldfuss 1826)
Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Sporadopylidae
Sporadopyle pusilla Schrammen 1937
Sporadopyle obliqua (Goldfuss 1826)
Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Pachyteichismatidae
Trochobolus suevicus Schrammen 1937
Trochobolus texatus (Goldfuss 1833)
Trochobolus cylindratus Oppliger 1915
Trochobolus labyrinthicus (Schrammen 1937)
Trochobolus cupulus (Schrammen 1937)
Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Cypelliidae
Cypellia trabeculata (Quenstedt 1878)
Cypellia rugosa (Goldfuss 1826)
Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa
Hexactinosa indet. Schrammen 1903
Porospongia marginata (Goldfuss 1829)
Tremaphorus apertus (Oppliger 1915)
Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
Walcotella pertusa (Goldfuss 1826)
recombined as Keuppiella pertusa
? Cribrospongia tesselata
Cribrospongia cucullata
Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Euretidae
Linonema calyx (Schrammen 1937)
Ordinatus texturatus (Goldfuss 1826)
Ramispongia ramosa Quenstedt 1877
Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Tubispongia pisum (Quenstedt 1877)
Müller 1984
recombined as Eudea pisum
Peronidella cylindrica (Goldfuss 1826)
Müller 1984
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 48.6° North, 9.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.7° North, 17.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Kimmeridgian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Kimmeridgian
Age range of interval:154.80000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: upper White Jurassic Gamma and lower White Jurassic Delta
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified marl
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:deep subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:74050
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-07-19 07:55:22 Last modified:2007-07-20 03:31:02
Access level:the public Released:2007-07-19 07:55:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
24855. A. Pisera. 1997. Upper Jurassic siliceous sponges from the Swabian Alb: taxonomy and paleoecology. Palaeontologia Polonica 57:3-216 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

37115 W. Müller. 1984. Die Kalkschwämme der Unterordnung Inozoa Steinmann aus dem Oberen Jura von Württemberg (SW-Deutschland) [The Calcispongia of the suborder Inozoa Steinmann from the Upper Jurassic of Württemberg (SW Germany)]. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, B 100:1-85 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]