Calvoerde Fm Remlingen 5 borehole depth 2038m Remlingen: Buntsandstein, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Algae - Botryococcaceae
Botryococcus sp. Kutzing 1849
Kuetzing 1849 present
unclassified
Microsporonites cacheutensis marine palyn
Jain 1968 present
Strotersporites communis microspore
Wilson 1962 0.1-1%
Strotersporites richteri microspore
(Klaus 1955) Van Der Laar 1980 0.1-1%
Lycopodiopsida - Selaginellales
Densoisporites playfordii microspore
(Balme 1963) Balme 1970 0.1-1%
unclassified
Syndesmorion paulli marine palyn
Ecke 1986 present
Protohaploxypinus varius microspore
(Bharadwaj 1962) Balme 1970 1.1-4%
Lueckisporites virkkiae microspore
(Potonie and Klaus 1954) Ecke 1986 Bc 0.1-1%
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Platysaccus papilionis microspore
Potonie and Klaus 1954 0.1-1%
unclassified
Lunatisporites acutes microspore
(Leschik 1955) Scheuring 1970 0.1-1%
Lunatisporites pellucidus microspore
(Goubin 1965) Helby in De Jersey 1972 0.1-1%
Lycopsida
Kraeuselisporites apiculatus microspore
Jansonius 1962 0.1-1%
unclassified
Pretricolpipollenites bharadwaji microspore
Balme 1970 1.1-4%
Klausipollenites decipiens microspore
Jansonius 1962 1.1-4%
Klausipollenites schaubergeri microspore
(Potonie and Klaus 1954) Jansonius 1962 1.1-4%
Cycadopites follicularis microspore Wilson and Webster 1946
Wilson and Webster 1946 4.1-10%
Ginkgoopsida - Caytoniales
Vitreisporites signatus microspore Leschik 1956
(Leschik 1955) Ecke 1986 1.1-4%
unclassified
Leiosphaeridia sp. marine palyn Eisenack 1958
sp. B Ecke 1986 present
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany County:Remlingen
Coordinates: 52.1° North, 10.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.3° North, 23.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:138 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Lopingian
10 m.y. bin: Permian 4
*Period:Early/Lower Triassic *Epoch:Early/Lower Scythian
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Griesbachian *Local age/stage:Early/Lower Buntsandstein
Key time interval: Buntsandstein
Age range of interval: 259.51 - 251.902 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Buntsandstein Formation:Calvoerde Member:Graubank
Local section:Remlingen 5 borehole Local bed:depth 2038m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Lithology description: Thick clay- and silt sequence - In German: maechtige Ton- und Schluffsteinabfolge
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original sporopollenin
Size of fossils:microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,chemical,mechanical,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:0.010 Maximum sieve size:0.014
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:approx. 250 specimens counted
Metadata
Database number:27004
Authorizer:C. Looy Enterer:C. Looy
Modifier:C. Looy Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-11-12 05:34:18 Last modified:2002-11-27 08:43:30
Access level:the public Released:2002-11-12 05:34:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
7261. H. H. Ecke. 1986. Palynologie des Zechsteins und Unteren Buntsandsteins im Germanischen Becken. Dissertation Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 1-117 [C. Looy/C. Looy/T. Liebrecht]