Osteroden sand pit (Eocene of Germany)
Where: Lower Saxony,, Germany (52.5° N, 7.8° E: paleocoordinates 49.4° N, 3.8° E)
When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, fine-grained sandstone and conglomerate
• the base of the Eocene sediment succession in outcrop is formed of phosphatic gravel or conglomerate rich in fossil shark teeth. He discussed that this gravel layer could possibly represent a transgressive conglomerate. Overlying the basal gravel beds are fine grained unconsolidated sands of up to 1.5 m thickness in both the Dalum and Osteroden sand pits, but only the latter contained areas in which aragonite has not been dissolved and thus otoliths have been preserved.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Primary reference: W. Schwarzhans. 2007. The otoliths from the middle Eocene of Osteroden near Bramsche, north-western Germany. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 244(3):299-369 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 188954: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.09.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri | |
Sphyraena fluctuosa barracuda | |
Centroberyx sp. Gill 1862
Centroberyx ingens Koken 1884 | |
"Epigonidarum lerichei" = Monocentris lerichei
"Epigonidarum lerichei" = Monocentris lerichei Schubert 1916 | |
"Gephyroberyx hexagonalis" = Hoplostethus hexagonalis
"Gephyroberyx hexagonalis" = Hoplostethus hexagonalis Leriche 1905 | |
Haemulidarum kokeni Leriche 1905 | |
Emmelichthyidarum steurbauti n. sp.
Emmelichthyidarum steurbauti n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 | |
Pristigenys rutoti Leriche 1905 | |
Scorpaena osterodenensis n. sp., Scorpaenidarum menzeli n. sp., "Cottidarum acutus" = Scorpaenidarum acutus
Scorpaena osterodenensis n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 scorpionfish
Scorpaenidarum menzeli n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 perch-like fish
"Cottidarum acutus" = Scorpaenidarum acutus Frost 1934 perch-like fish | |
"Platycephalus colletti" = Haliophis colletti
"Platycephalus colletti" = Haliophis colletti Nolf and Lapierre 1979 perch-like fish | |
Dentex sp., "Haemulidarum pulcher" = Dentex pulcher
Dentex sp. Cuvier 1815 perch-like fish
"Haemulidarum pulcher" = Dentex pulcher Frost 1934 perch-like fish | |
Percoideorum electilis Stinton and Nolf 1970 perch-like fish | |
Cepola bartonensis Schubert 1916 perch-like fish | |
Epinephelus plicatus Stinton 1978 perch-like fish | |
Platycephalus sp. Bloch 1795 perch-like fish | |
"Chaunax excavatus" = Antennarius excavatus
"Chaunax excavatus" = Antennarius excavatus Stinton 1978 anglerfish | |
"Halieutaea cirrhosa" = Ogcocephalus cirrhosus
"Halieutaea cirrhosa" = Ogcocephalus cirrhosus Stinton 1978 anglerfish | |
Chaunax sp. Lowe 1846 anglerfish | |
Sparidarum sp. Bonaparte 1832
Sparidarum pectinoides Stinton and Nolf 1970 | |
Hemirhamphidarum accisus n. sp.
Hemirhamphidarum accisus n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 | |
Dapalis meldertensis Nolf 1972 | |
"Rhombocitharus biaculeatus" = Bothidarum biaculeatus, Bothus nativus n. sp.
"Rhombocitharus biaculeatus" = Bothidarum biaculeatus Nolf and Lapierre 1979 flatfish
Bothus nativus n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 flatfish | |
"Lepidorhombus circularis" = Eucitharus circularis
"Lepidorhombus circularis" = Eucitharus circularis Casier 1966 flatfish | |
"Centrolophidarum sinuosus" = Mupus sinuosus
"Centrolophidarum sinuosus" = Mupus sinuosus Stinton 1965 | |
"Scombridarum euodus" = Pneumatophorus euodus
"Scombridarum euodus" = Pneumatophorus euodus Nolf 1972 | |
Macrorhamphosidarum testuliformis n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 | |
Bythitidarum moelleri n. sp.
Bythitidarum moelleri n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 | |
"Sirembola arcuata" = Brotula arcuata
"Sirembola arcuata" = Brotula arcuata Casier 1966 | |
Encheliophis crassidorsalis n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007
Carapus lisus Nolf 1971 | |
Hoplobrotula sp., Hoplobrotula robusta, Hoplobrotula lerichei, Aequalobythites aequalis, aff. Aequalobythites hilgendorfi, "Nolfophidion aff. fitchi" = Neobythitinarum fitchi, Ophidiidarum sp., Ophidiidarum compactus n. sp., "Fierasferoides subregularis" = Ophidiidarum subregularis, "Bidenichthys symmetricus" = Ophidiidarum symmetricus, "Nolfophidion tumidus" = Sirembo tumidus, Gadophycis bramscheensis n. sp., Preophidion convexus
Hoplobrotula sp. Gill 1864
Hoplobrotula robusta Nolf 1980
Hoplobrotula lerichei Stinton and Nolf 1970
Aequalobythites aequalis Stinton and Nolf 1970
aff. Aequalobythites hilgendorfi Koken 1891
"Nolfophidion aff. fitchi" = Neobythitinarum fitchi Nolf 1980
Ophidiidarum sp. Koken 1885
Ophidiidarum compactus n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007
"Fierasferoides subregularis" = Ophidiidarum subregularis Schubert 1916
"Bidenichthys symmetricus" = Ophidiidarum symmetricus Frost 1934
"Nolfophidion tumidus" = Sirembo tumidus Nolf 1972
Gadophycis bramscheensis n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007
Preophidion convexus Stinton 1977 | |
Odontobutidarum triangularis n. sp.
Odontobutidarum triangularis n. sp. | |
Apogonidarum macrolepis Storms 1898 Cardinalfish | |
? Batrachoididarum sp. Jordan and Evermann 1898 toadfish | |
Holocentrus sheppeyensis Frost 1934 | |
Bregmaceros felkeri n. sp.
Bregmaceros felkeri n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 | |
Gadidarum amsianus n. sp.
Gadidarum amsianus n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 | |
"Hoplobrotuloides bartonensis" = Phycis bartonensis
"Hoplobrotuloides bartonensis" = Phycis bartonensis Schubert 1916 | |
Merlucciidarum papillosus Casier 1966
Palaeogadus aff. nodosus Stinton 1977 | |
Raniceps sp. Oken 1817 | |
Champsodon vonderhochti n. sp.
Champsodon vonderhochti n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 | |
Trachinus falcatus Schwarzhans 2007 | |
Ammodytidarum inconspectus n. sp.
Ammodytidarum inconspectus n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 | |
Antigonia angusta Stinton and Nolf 1970 | |
Paraulopus aff. davisi Frost 1925 | |
Chlorophthalmus deflecticauda n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 | |
Clupeidarum sp. Cuvier 1817 herring | |
Arius sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1840 Ariid catfish | |
Notacanthus nolfi n. sp.
Notacanthus nolfi n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 | |
Echelus sp. Rafinesque 1810 eel | |
Muraenesox furcatus n. sp.
Muraenesox furcatus n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 eel | |
Rhynchoconger eocenicus, Paraconger sauvagei, "Pseudophichthys guttulus" = Promyllantor guttulus, Congridarum sp., Congridarum thevenini
Rhynchoconger eocenicus Shepherd 1916 conger eel
Paraconger sauvagei Priem 1906 conger eel
"Pseudophichthys guttulus" = Promyllantor guttulus Stinton 1975 conger eel
Congridarum sp. Kaup 1856 conger eel
Congridarum thevenini Priem 1906 conger eel | |
Pterothrissus umbonatus Koken 1884 bonefish | |
Triglidarum praeiatus n. sp., "Epigonidarum aff. selsiensis" = Lepidotrigla selsiensis
Triglidarum praeiatus n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 sea robin
"Epigonidarum aff. selsiensis" = Lepidotrigla selsiensis Stinton 1978 sea robin | |
Upeneus | |
"Mullidarum obsoletus" = Upeneus obsoletus
"Mullidarum obsoletus" = Upeneus obsoletus Stinton 1984 | |
Minous | |
"Cepola excavata" = Minous excavatus
"Cepola excavata" = Minous excavatus Stinton 1978 |