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 | |
Pterothrissus umbonatus Koken 1884 bonefish | |
Notacanthus nolfi n. sp.
Notacanthus nolfi n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 | |
Muraenesox furcatus n. sp.
Muraenesox furcatus n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 eel | |
"Pseudophichthys guttulus" = Promyllantor guttulus, Congridarum sp., Congridarum thevenini, Paraconger sauvagei, Rhynchoconger eocenicus
"Pseudophichthys guttulus" = Promyllantor guttulus Stinton 1975 conger eel
Congridarum sp. Kaup 1856 conger eel
Congridarum thevenini Priem 1906 conger eel
Paraconger sauvagei Priem 1906 conger eel
Rhynchoconger eocenicus Shepherd 1916 conger eel | |
Echelus sp. Rafinesque 1810 eel | |
Sphyraena fluctuosa barracuda | |
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 | |
Paraulopus aff. davisi Frost 1925 | |
Chlorophthalmus deflecticauda n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 | |
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 | |
Haemulidarum kokeni Leriche 1905 | |
Pristigenys rutoti Leriche 1905 | |
"Halieutaea cirrhosa" = Ogcocephalus cirrhosus
"Halieutaea cirrhosa" = Ogcocephalus cirrhosus Stinton 1978 anglerfish | |
Chaunax sp. Lowe 1846 anglerfish | |
"Chaunax excavatus" = Antennarius excavatus
"Chaunax excavatus" = Antennarius excavatus Stinton 1978 anglerfish | |
Emmelichthyidarum steurbauti n. sp.
Emmelichthyidarum steurbauti n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 | |
Dentex sp., "Haemulidarum pulcher" = Dentex pulcher
Dentex sp. Cuvier 1815 perch-like fish
"Haemulidarum pulcher" = Dentex pulcher Frost 1934 perch-like fish | |
Cepola bartonensis Schubert 1916 perch-like fish | |
Percoideorum electilis Stinton and Nolf 1970 perch-like fish | |
Epinephelus plicatus Stinton 1978 perch-like fish | |
Platycephalus sp. Bloch 1795 perch-like fish | |
"Platycephalus colletti" = Haliophis colletti
"Platycephalus colletti" = Haliophis colletti Nolf and Lapierre 1979 perch-like fish | |
Scorpaenidarum menzeli n. sp., "Cottidarum acutus" = Scorpaenidarum acutus, Scorpaena osterodenensis n. sp.
Scorpaenidarum menzeli n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 perch-like fish
"Cottidarum acutus" = Scorpaenidarum acutus Frost 1934 perch-like fish
Scorpaena osterodenensis n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 scorpionfish | |
Sparidarum sp. Bonaparte 1832
Sparidarum pectinoides Stinton and Nolf 1970 | |
? Batrachoididarum sp. Jordan and Evermann 1898 toadfish | |
Ophidiidarum sp., "Fierasferoides subregularis" = Ophidiidarum subregularis, "Bidenichthys symmetricus" = Ophidiidarum symmetricus, Ophidiidarum compactus n. sp., "Nolfophidion tumidus" = Sirembo tumidus, Preophidion convexus, Gadophycis bramscheensis n. sp., aff. Aequalobythites hilgendorfi, Aequalobythites aequalis, "Nolfophidion aff. fitchi" = Neobythitinarum fitchi, Hoplobrotula sp., Hoplobrotula robusta, Hoplobrotula lerichei
Ophidiidarum sp. Koken 1885
"Fierasferoides subregularis" = Ophidiidarum subregularis Schubert 1916
"Bidenichthys symmetricus" = Ophidiidarum symmetricus Frost 1934
Ophidiidarum compactus n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007
"Nolfophidion tumidus" = Sirembo tumidus Nolf 1972
Preophidion convexus Stinton 1977
Gadophycis bramscheensis n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007
aff. Aequalobythites hilgendorfi Koken 1891
Aequalobythites aequalis Stinton and Nolf 1970
"Nolfophidion aff. fitchi" = Neobythitinarum fitchi Nolf 1980
Hoplobrotula sp. Gill 1864
Hoplobrotula robusta Nolf 1980
Hoplobrotula lerichei Stinton and Nolf 1970 | |
Bythitidarum moelleri n. sp.
Bythitidarum moelleri n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 | |
Encheliophis crassidorsalis n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007
Carapus lisus Nolf 1971 | |
"Sirembola arcuata" = Brotula arcuata
"Sirembola arcuata" = Brotula arcuata Casier 1966 | |
Odontobutidarum triangularis n. sp.
Odontobutidarum triangularis n. sp. | |
Apogonidarum macrolepis Storms 1898 Cardinalfish | |
Dapalis meldertensis Nolf 1972 | |
Hemirhamphidarum accisus n. sp.
Hemirhamphidarum accisus n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 | |
"Lepidorhombus circularis" = Eucitharus circularis
"Lepidorhombus circularis" = Eucitharus circularis Casier 1966 flatfish | |
Bothus nativus n. sp., "Rhombocitharus biaculeatus" = Bothidarum biaculeatus
Bothus nativus n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 flatfish
"Rhombocitharus biaculeatus" = Bothidarum biaculeatus Nolf and Lapierre 1979 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 | |
"Epigonidarum lerichei" = Monocentris lerichei
"Epigonidarum lerichei" = Monocentris lerichei Schubert 1916 | |
Centroberyx sp. Gill 1862
Centroberyx ingens Koken 1884 | |
"Gephyroberyx hexagonalis" = Hoplostethus hexagonalis
"Gephyroberyx hexagonalis" = Hoplostethus hexagonalis Leriche 1905 | |
Holocentrus sheppeyensis Frost 1934 | |
Raniceps sp. Oken 1817 | |
"Hoplobrotuloides bartonensis" = Phycis bartonensis
"Hoplobrotuloides bartonensis" = Phycis bartonensis Schubert 1916 | |
Gadidarum amsianus n. sp.
Gadidarum amsianus n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 | |
Palaeogadus aff. nodosus Stinton 1977
Merlucciidarum papillosus Casier 1966 | |
Bregmaceros felkeri n. sp.
Bregmaceros felkeri n. sp. Schwarzhans 2007 | |
Arius sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1840 Ariid catfish | |
Clupeidarum sp. Cuvier 1817 herring | |
Upeneus | |
"Mullidarum obsoletus" = Upeneus obsoletus
"Mullidarum obsoletus" = Upeneus obsoletus Stinton 1984 | |
Minous | |
"Cepola excavata" = Minous excavatus
"Cepola excavata" = Minous excavatus Stinton 1978 |