Where: Bayern, Germany (48.7° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 38.7° N, 11.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Neuburger Weiß Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; fine-grained, cherty/siliceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: W. Wagner. 1963. Die Schwammfauna der Oberkreide von Neuburg (Donau) [The Upper Cretaceous sponge fauna from Neuburg (Donau)]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 122:166-250 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 114012: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.08.2011, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Cymatoceras columbinum Fritsch 1872 nautiloid
Cymatoceras cf. elegans Sowerby 1816 nautiloid | |
Bivalvia | |
Modiolus reversus Sowerby 1836 mussel | |
Rastellum diluvianum Linnaeus 1767 oyster | |
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster | |
Pinna cretacea Schlotheim 1813 oyster | |
Gervillaria neptuni Goldfuss 1837 oyster
? Gervillia sp. Defrance 1820 oyster | |
? Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster | |
Lima parallela Sowerby 1812 file clam
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam
Pseudolimea cf. composita Sowerby 1836 file clam | |
Anomia papyracea Orbigny 1847 jingle | |
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
Syncyclonema haggi Dhondt 1971 scallop | |
Merklinia aspera Lamarck 1819 scallop
Chlamys elongata Lamarck 1819 scallop
Mimachlamys robinaldina Orbigny 1847 scallop
Camptonectes virgatus Nilsson 1827 scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Neithea cf. regularis Schlotheim 1813 scallop
Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop
"Neithea coquandi" = Neithea (Neithea) coquandi Peron 1877 scallop | |
Mytiloides mytiloides, Inoceramus crippsi, Inoceramus hoppenstedtensis, "Inoceramus pictus" = Inoceramus (Inoceramus) pictus
Mytiloides mytiloides Mantell 1822 clam
Inoceramus hoppenstedtensis Troeger 1967 clam
"Inoceramus pictus" = Inoceramus (Inoceramus) pictus Sowerby 1829 clam Inoceramus pictus pictus, Inoceramus pictus cf. concentricoundulatus
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? Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Cyclothyris sp. M'Coy 1844 | |
Grasirhynchia grasiana d'Orbigny 1849 | |
Stenolaemata | |
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Cerioporidae "indet. 1" Busk 1859
? Cerioporidae "indet. 2" Busk 1859 | |
Gymnolaemata | |
? Calloporidae indet. Norman 1903 | |
Polychaeta | |
Glomerula plexus Sowerby 1829
Glomerula ? serpentina Schlotheim 1820 | |
Echinoidea | |
Epiaster brevipetalus Smith and Wright 2008 heart urchin
Epiaster distinctus Agassiz and Desor 1847 heart urchin | |
? Pseudholaster bicarinatus Agassiz 1847 sea urchin | |
Calcarea | |
Elasmoierea sp. calcareous sponge | |
Hexactinellida | |
? Plocoscyphia fenestrata Smith and Toulmin 1848 glass sponge
Brachiolites fenestratus glass sponge
Centrosia incrustans Schrammen 1902 glass sponge | |
Stauronema carteri, Stauronema cf. planum, Leiostracosia sp., Ventriculites sp., Ubiquiradius mirus, Pleuropyge plana, Napaeana sp.
Stauronema carteri Sollas 1877 glass sponge
Stauronema cf. planum Hinde 1883 glass sponge
Leiostracosia sp. Schrammen 1902 glass sponge
Ventriculites sp. Mantell 1822 glass sponge
Ubiquiradius mirus Schrammen 1912 glass sponge
Pleuropyge plana Schrammen 1912 glass sponge
Napaeana sp. de Laubenfels 1955 glass sponge | |
"Exanthesis reticulatus" = Exanthesis (Exanthesis) reticulata
"Exanthesis reticulatus" = Exanthesis (Exanthesis) reticulata Hinde 1883 glass sponge | |
Laocoetis cf. tenuis, Laocoetis vulgata, "Paracraticularia fittoni" = Laocoetis fittoni, Craticularia cf. tenuis
Laocoetis cf. tenuis glass sponge
Laocoetis vulgata Pocta 1883 glass sponge
"Paracraticularia fittoni" = Laocoetis fittoni Mantell 1822 glass sponge
Craticularia cf. tenuis glass sponge | |
Guettardiscyphia sp., Guettardiscyphia stellata, Guettardiscyphia cf. roemeri, Guettardiscyphia alata, Guettardiscyphia diptera n. sp.
Guettardiscyphia sp. Fromentel 1860 glass sponge
Guettardiscyphia stellata Michelin 1847 glass sponge
Guettardiscyphia cf. roemeri Pomel 1872 glass sponge
Guettardiscyphia alata Pomel 1872 glass sponge
Guettardiscyphia diptera n. sp. Wagner 1963 glass sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Ophiraphidites annulatus Schrammen 1910 demosponge | |
Propachastrella sp. Schrammen 1910 demosponge | |
Procorallistes polymorphus Schrammen 1901 demosponge
Phrissospongia hoffmanni n. sp. Wagner 1963 demosponge | |
"Phyllodermia aff. galloprovincialis" = Discodermia galloprovincialis, Leiophyllum cf. panniculosum, Thamnospongia cf. reticulata, Phymaplectia cribrata, Ragadinia rimosa, Ragadinia laccophora n. sp., Pseudojerea excavata, "Phyllodermia antiqua" = Phyllodermia (Phyllodermia) antiqua, Phyllodermia kempckei n. sp., Acrochordonia ramosa
"Phyllodermia aff. galloprovincialis" = Discodermia galloprovincialis Moret 1925 demosponge
Leiophyllum cf. panniculosum Schrammen 1924 demosponge
Thamnospongia cf. reticulata Hinde 1883 demosponge
Phymaplectia cribrata Hinde 1884 demosponge
Ragadinia rimosa Roemer 1864 demosponge
Ragadinia laccophora n. sp. Wagner 1963 demosponge
Pseudojerea excavata Moret 1946 demosponge
"Phyllodermia antiqua" = Phyllodermia (Phyllodermia) antiqua Schrammen 1901 demosponge
Phyllodermia kempckei n. sp. Wagner 1963 demosponge
Acrochordonia ramosa Schrammen 1901 demosponge | |
Polyrhipidium cristagalli, Pholidocladia sp., "Pholidocladia dichotoma" = Pholidocladia (Pholidocladia) dichotoma, Prokaliapsis danubica n. sp., Prokaliapsis schrammeni n. sp.
Polyrhipidium cristagalli Schrammen 1924 demosponge
Pholidocladia sp. Hinde 1884 demosponge
"Pholidocladia dichotoma" = Pholidocladia (Pholidocladia) dichotoma Hinde 1884 demosponge subsp. incrustans and tuberculata
Prokaliapsis schrammeni n. sp. Wagner 1963 demosponge | |
Astrocladia subramosa Roemer 1864 demosponge | |
Kalpinella pateraeformis, "Siphonia pyriformis" = Siphonia (Siphonia) pyriformis, Polyierea arbuscula, Thecosiphonia torgeri, Thecosiphonia neoburgensis n. sp., Turonia cerebriformis, Turonia constricta, Turonia globosa n. sp., Jerea pyriformis
Kalpinella pateraeformis Hinde 1884 demosponge
Polyierea arbuscula demosponge
Thecosiphonia torgeri Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Thecosiphonia neoburgensis n. sp. Wagner 1963 demosponge
Turonia cerebriformis Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Turonia constricta Zittel 1878 demosponge
Turonia globosa n. sp. Wagner 1963 demosponge
Jerea pyriformis Lamouroux 1821 demosponge | |
Pycnodesma globosa Schrammen 1910 demosponge | |
Regnardia cf. lapparenti Moret 1925 demosponge
? Lecanella aff. pateraeformis Zittel 1878 demosponge | |
"Pachytrachelus cf. exspectatus" = Ozotrachelus exspectatus
"Pachytrachelus cf. exspectatus" = Ozotrachelus exspectatus Schrammen 1910 demosponge | |
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Laosciadia mantellii demosponge | |
"Doryderma roemeri" = Doryderma (Brochodora) roemeri, "Homalodora benetti" = Homalodoriana, Heterostinia obliqua
"Doryderma roemeri" = Doryderma (Brochodora) roemeri Hinde 1884 demosponge
"Homalodora benetti" = Homalodoriana demosponge
Heterostinia obliqua demosponge | |
Planolites sp. Nicholson 1873 |