Norbert Hauschke

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | MLU · Institute of Geosciences and Geography

Fishes from the uppermost Norian Fuchsberg Quarry near Seinstedt are represented by two taxa that we interpret as a teleosteomorph (complete specimens) and actinistian (scales). Seinstedtia parva gen. et sp. nov. is described; although it was proposed as a possible semionotiform, this study reveals that Seinstedtia possesses a combination of teleos...

Plant (Pleuromeia, Lycopsid) and animals (Amphibian skulls) of the Lower Triassic

Plants (Pleuromeia) and amphibian skulls of the Lower Triassic of Germany

In the last years, the Piesberg quarry became one of the most important fossil Lagerstätten of Middle Pennsylvanian insects. Nevertheless, bearing in mind the vast material provided here, little is known about relations between arthropods and plants. Intensive collecting revealed a range of plant-arthropod interactions. As a result, at least 14 dam...

Arthropod borings are commonly described from pteridophyte and gymnosperm wood in the late Palaeozoic, but they are almost unknown from calamitalean stems. In this paper, a new type of boring in calamitalean stems from two German localities is reported. These are the mine dumps of Plötz near Halle (Saale), Saale Basin, (Wettin Subformation, Latest...

The year 1669 is a milestone for geoscientists. 350 years ago, Niels Stensen became a pioneer of geology and mineralogy, having founded palaeontology as a modern science two years earlier. In this article, the life course and life's work of this great European of the Baroque period will be briefly outlined, with the focus on his geoscientific achie...

Hitherto, plant-arthropod interactions have been rarely reported from the late Pennsylvanian (Gzhelian, Stephanian C) of the Saale Basin (Saxony Anhalt, Germany). A re-examination of material from the collections of the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg and private collections revealed the presence of different damage types on plants. Among...

The Late Palaeozoic fossil record of plant-insect interactions contains few records of oviposition. Here we report the earliest evidence of exophytic oviposition, where eggs are laid directly on the outer surface of plants. The fossil structures consist of small, circular impressions on plant fossils from the late Pennsylvanian (Gzhelian, Stephania...

In a first step, laserscanner systems were applied to produce 3D models of palaeontological objects, which are part of the Geological and Palaeontological Collections of Martin-Luther-University Halle- Wittenberg. This paper deals with photogrammetric methods, which were tested in a second step. It was of special interest, to create 3D models of fo...

This contribution starts with a short overview of the long and varied history of the Palaeontological Collection of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. In the early twentieth Century, it was Johannes Walther who reorganized geosciences in Halle and gave geoscientific collections, including the Palaeontological Collection, a stable base for f...

The Geological and Palaeontological Collections of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Halle (Saale) were established and completed successively over a period of more than 200 years. Also sample material, which was collected and brought to Halle by explorers from their voyages, found the way into the University Collections. Three explorers...

Non-destructive imaging techniques can be extremely useful tools for the investigation and the assessment of palaeontological objects, as mechanical preparation of rare and valuable fossils is precluded in most cases. However, palaeontologists are often faced with the problem of choosing a method among a wide range of available techniques. In this...

Geological and palaeontological collections often suffer from an inability to disseminate samples and their scientific background appropriately. Databases of the collections of museums and universities already give good scientific overviews if they are set up properly, but they frequently lack standardization of the structure and visualization poss...

The Geological and Palaeontological Collections of Martin Luther University are among the most important geoscientific university collections in Germany. The collections host several important fossils and items from home and abroad. The focus of this paper is on fossils from Germany. After a brief introduction concerning the geology and stratigraph...

Johann Georg Bornemann (1831-1896) war ein bedeutender Geowissenschaftler und ein vielseitiger Bergwerks-Unternehmer. In der Geschichte der Paläontologie ist er vor allem als Erforscher kambrischer Trilobiten auf Sardinien und als erster Anwender der Kutikularanalyse bei fossilen Pflanzen im thüringischen Keuper bekannt. In seinem Nachlass gibt es...

Xiphosurans from the Mesozoic (Limulacea, “limulids”) are rare in the fossil record. Therefore, mechanical preparation is often precluded. Several non-destructive methods for investigations of these fossils are now available. A comparison is presented between two different techniques, x-ray computed tomography (CT) and computed laminography (CL). T...

Es wird das „Hallenser Exemplar“ von Xenusion auerswaldae POMPECKJ 1927 erstmals farbig abgebildet und kurz beschrieben. Das Fossil ist in unterkambrischen Kalmarsund-Sandstein, der im südöstlichen Schweden ansteht, eingebettet und gelangte als Sedimentärgeschiebe auf die Ostseeinsel Hiddensee. Der Geschiebefund zählt zu den wissenschaftlich wertvo...

In a sinkhole, located about one kilometer SSE of the village of Benzingerode, a fault (fault plan 15/75) was discovered in the realm of the “Harznordrand” fault. This fault cuts a solifluidal debris flow of the last glacial period that probably is of late Weichselian age. The fault of at least 1 metre throw is a normal fault with a dextral compone...

A report is given here concerning an International Symposium on Sardinia in May, 2014. This symposium was held in honor of Johann Georg Bornemann (1831-1896), who was born in the Thuringian village of Mühlhausen. Bornemann’s path of life was affected by two constants, his activities as an entrepreneur and a natural scientist. The symposium in Cagli...

Isopods belong to the very rare fossil remains in the Triassic. Until now, only six species are known. The isopod which is described in the present paper is only the second evidence from the Muschelkalk. It was discovered in sedimentary layers of the "Tonplattenfazies" of the Upper Muschelkalk and can be assigned stratigraphically to the Latest Ani...

A detailed description of the 4-m-thick Main Rogenstein (Lower Buntsandstein) of the Beesenlaublingen open pit near Könnern, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, is given. Three Main lithofacies types are defined: 1) Oolites (“Rogenstein”, roestone), 2) silty claystones, and 3) calcareous siltstones. Some of these lithofacies types can be subdivided into diffe...

In sedimentary sequences of the Triassic, which are continental in origin, conchostracans (Arthropoda, Branchiopoda) frequently are the only indication of the fossil record and often can be found in large quantities on bedding planes. Conchostracans play an important role in biostratigraphy as index fossils. Because of an incisive change in charact...

During an excavation project of the LWL Museum of Natural History in Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen (LWL-Museum für Naturkunde, Paläontologische Bodendenkmalpflege), in the Hohne quarry of the Dyckerhoff AG in Lengerich 20 skeletons or parts of skeletons of the stalked cirripede Stramentum (Stramentum) pulchellum were excavated. The layers in which t...

During an excavation project of the LWL Museum of Natural History in Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen (LWL-Museum für Naturkunde, Paläontologische Bodendenkmalpflege), in the Hohne quarry of the Dyckerhoff AG in Lengerich 20 skeletons or parts of skeletons of the stalked cirripede Stramentum (Stramentum) pulchellum were excavated. The layers in which t...

The internal structure of fossils reveals key information about anatomy, palaeobiology and phylogeny of extinct taxa. Thus, many fossils have been sectioned serially or investigated by grinding techniques. Because these methods are destructive, they have mostly been applied to non-valuable or poorly preserved specimens. Moreover, they are very time...

Many of the old and traditional palaeontological collections of universities are important for their valuable stock. But unlike the situation in former times, these collections frequently are no longer regarded as significant for actual research and education. As a result collections are often treated as an untended cultural heritage or even as a b...

Kurzfassung Ernst Kalkowsky (* 09. September 1851 in Tilsit, Ostpreußen [heute Советск = Sovetsk, Kaliningrádskaja óblast', Rußland]; † 12. Februar 1938 in Dresden) zählt zu den Wegbereitern der modernen mikroskopischen Mineral- und Gesteinsuntersuchung. Im Jahr 1908 erschien in Band 60 der Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft (ZDGG)...

Kurzfassung Johann Georg Bornemann (* 20. Mai 1831 in Mühlhausen; † 5. Juli 1896 in Eisenach) war ein erfolgreicher Industrieller sowie ein vielseitiger und verdienstvoller Geologe und Paläontologe des 19. Jahrhunderts. Abstract Johann Georg Bornemann (born May 20, 1831 at Mühlhausen; deceased July 5, 1896 at Eisenach) was a successful industrial...

Scalpelliform cirripedes [order Scalpelliformes Buckeridge & Newman, 2006] of the genus Stramentum Logan are known from different mid- to early Late Cretaceous (Albian-Santonian) facies in Europe, North, Central and South America, the Near East, Africa and Japan. Stramentum (S.) pulchellum (G.B. Sowerby) occurs in the Cenomanian and Turonian of Eng...

The conchostracans Shipingia etzoldi n. sp. and S. gerbachmanni n. sp. are described from Norian- Rhaetian transitional beds of the Fuchsberg, northern foreland of the Harz Mountains, NE of Seinstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany. This is one of very few places in the world where continuous fossiliferous lake deposits are known across the continental Nori...

After being appointed at the University of Halle (Saale), Johannes Walther (1860-1937) became the Director of the Mineralogical Institute and a full professor for mineralogy from 1906 to1914. From 1914 to 1928 he held the Chair for Geology and Palaeontology and simultaneously was Director of the Institute of Geology and Palaeontology. From 1924 to...

Late Middle Triassic to early Late Triassic insects from Argentina have been previously described from the Bermejo and Cuyana Basins where they have been recovered from the Ischichuca-Los Rastros and Potrerillos-Cacheuta Formations, respectively. The insect fauna discussed herein was collected during field studies in 1986/1987 from the Llantenes se...

The first record of a xiphosuran (superfamily Limulacea, "limulid") is described from the Muschelkalk of Winterswijk in the Netherlands. The specimen is compared with other limulids from the Triassic. The ventral side of the carapace is with prosoma and opisthosoma still articulated. A telson is lacking, probably due to preservation. At the margin...

A fossil specimen of a limulid is described from the basal part of the Trochitenkalk Formation (Upper Muschelkalk, Middle Triassic). The specimen was found near Ohrdruf (Thuringia) in laminated dolomitic marlstones, which have residual holes indicative of diagenetic growth of halite crystals. Together with lingulid brachiopods, Spirorbis and stroma...

Fossil representatives of triopsids or tadpole shrimps (Crustacea: Notostraca) have been recorded in Germany within eight horizons of fluvio-lacustrine deposits of Late Carboniferous, Early and Late Permian as well as Early and Late Triassic age. Specimens are assigned to two different taxa, to the extinct species Triops ornatus (GOLDENBERG, 1870),...

Sedimentologic markers of depositional gaps are very common within Keuper Group sediments. The most significant of these markers are regional and even basin-wide unconformities and disconformities as well as paleosols of various maturity. Furthermore, averaged long-term accumulation rates are much lower than expected for epicontinental deposits. Ye...

The Grabfeld Formation represents the basinal facies of the lowermost Middle Keuper Subgroup of the Keuper Group. The formation consists almost completely of nonmarine dolomitic mudstones and evaporites, intercalated by many, but thin, dolomite beds, partly of marine but mostly of lacustrine facies. The thickness ranges from about 60 m near the Swi...

Zusammenfassung Der obere Teil der Solling-Formation (Chirotherien-Sandstein), der den höchsten Abschnitt des Mittleren Buntsandsteins repräsentiert, ist im südöstlichen Teil des Subherzynen Beckens in vorherrschend sandiger Fazies ausgebildet. Im ehemaligen Merkelschen Steinbruch am östlichen Ortsrand von Bernburg (Sachsen-Anhalt) steht noch eine...

The upper part of the Solling Formation (Chirotheriensandstein) representing the topmost part of the Middle Buntsandstein, in the eastern part of the Subhercynian Basin is developed mainly in a sandy facies. In the former Merkel Quarry east of Bernburg (Sachsen-Anhalt), about 8 m thick accessible sequence of the upper part of the Solling Formation...

Trace fossils and body fossils are described and interpreted from a red-bed succession of the Bernburg Formation (Gandarian, Lower Buntsandstein) of the Beesenlaublingen Pit (Central Germany). Compared to an abundant ichnofauna, invertebrate and vertebrate remains are generally rather poor with the exception of conchostracans, which can be found in...

Trace fossils and various sedimentary markings are preserved in positive epirelief on rippled sandstone beds in Lower Triassic (Lower Buntsandstein) playa deposits of Germany. They are commonly linked to sand-filled shrinkage cracks (pseudofossil Manchuriophycus) and originated within the sediment along a sandstone–claystone interface. Both the tra...

Two specimens of a Lower Triassic limulacean from the Ankitokazo Basin, Madagascar, are described and tentatively determined as cf. Limulitella sp. This is the second record of the group from the Mesozoic of Gondwana outside of Australia. As such, the specimens discussed are of particular importance in bridging the remaining gap in knowledge of lim...

The only known Tertiary limulid was described from the Upper Eocene of the Weißelster Basin (Germany) as Limulus decheni ZINCKEN, 1862. The species was later transferred to the extant East Asian genus Tachypleus. The four presently available specimens, including the holotype, are described in detail. Any unequivocal assignment of the species to one...

In the geological record cube-shaped halite crystals are documented as halite-crystal marks or as pseudomorphs after halite. On the other hand, pyramidal-shaped halite crystals are documented as internal and/or external molds of the former crystal. The formation of halite-crystal marks and molds of pyramidal-shaped halite crystals is dicussed using...

Remains of limulids (Xiphosura, Merostomata) are described from the basal part of the nonmarine Bernburg-Formation (Lower Buntsandstein) in the clay pit of Beesenlaublingen (northeastern foreland of the Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt). They are represented by an almost completely preserved prosoma and remains of a questionable opisthosoma. The genal...

Johann Georg Bornemann (1831-1896) was a successful industrialist, and also a versatile geologist and palaeontologist. This paper focuses on his contributions to the Triassic, in particular on his works concerning Buntsandstein, Muschelkalk and Keuper of Thuringia. His famous study on fossil gymnosperms in the Lower Keuper of Thuringia, which made...

A taphocoenosis from the Lower Rhaetian of the Fuchsberg near Seinstedt (Lower Saxony, Germany) is composed of xiphosurids, small arthropods (conchostracans, malacostracans, insects), fish remains and different parts of a conifer, Hirmerella cf. muensteri. The fossiliferous strata are described in detail and discussed with regard to facies interpre...

Troegerella stenseni sp.nov., found in the lower Campanian strata of Asbeck-Frettholt, northwestern Munsterland, is described as a new species of the hexactinellid sponge genus Troegerella Ulbrich, 1974. The genus concerned was known only from the holotype of Troegerella subherzynica Ulbrich, 1974, so far. It was found in the lower Campanian of the...

Hyalonema cretacea n.sp. is the first bodily preserved fossil hexactinellid sponge from the Mesozoic that definitely belongs to the amphidiscophoran family Hyalonematidae. The specimen was found in the lower Campanian strata of the Coesfeld - Holtwick region situated in the northwestern Munsterland, Northrhine-Westphalia (NW Germany). Another speci...

Abstract : Troegerella stenseni sp.nov., found in the lower Campanian strata of Asbeck-Frettholt; northwestern Münsterland (NW Germany), is described as a new species of the hexactinellid sponge genus Troegerella ULBRICH, 197 4. The genus concerned was known only from the holotype of Troegerella subherzynica ULBRICH, 197 4, so far. lt was found in...

This paper focuses on temporary outcrops in the fossiliferous Campanian strata of the northwestern Munsterland (Westphalia, NW Germany). The collected macrofauna can be appointed to eight fossil groups: porifera, ammonoidea, nautiloidea, belemnoidea, brachiopoda, lamellibranchia, gastropoda, and echinoidea. Ichnofossils are of importance locally. A...

Lepadomorph cirripeds are described from Cenomanian strata in northern Westphalia. All of the 14 specimens, from which three are juvenil stages, can be appointed to the species Stramentum pulchel/um (SOWERBY, 1843). Found in dark-gray to black marly to chalky shales in the uppermost Cenomanian (Coloured sequence; Zone of Actinocamax plenus and Meto...

The prosoma of a limulid from the Middle Triassie marine Muschelkalk-facies of Rüdersdorf near Berlin was incorporated in the collections of the "Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut und Museum am Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-U niversität zu Berlin " as "Limulus kieri ZIMM.". Probably belonging to the Limulidae it is described for the first...

Two sedimentary sequences containing root structures (rhizoliths) are described from the continental Triassic of the Cuyo Basin, which is taphrogenic in origin. The entire Triassic sequence is composed of two megacycles. In the Rincón Blanco section root structures are restricted to the numerous, cyclic, fining-upwards sequences of the second megac...

Geochemical analyses of 60 mostly pelitic samples of the continental Triassic section of Potrerillos ( W Argentina) and statistical processing of the results yield clear facies indications. Lithologic formations are, with one exception, relatively uniform facies units of an alluvial fan system. Distribution of elements and statistical processing al...

For the first time a limulid is described from the marine Upper Permian (Zechstein) of the Northwest European Zechstein Basin. It can be assigned to the superfamily Limulacea with certainty, but further determination is not possible because of preservation. There are remarkable similarities with the modern Limulus polyphemus L.

The term "halite-crystal mark" (Steinsalzkristallmarke) is used here to describe cubic reliefs composed of silty or sandy material. Such cubic reliefs are found at top and bottom of siltstone as well as sandstone layers. Halite-crystal marks are documented since the Precambrian and frequently show up in salt-bearing sedimentary sequences, e. g. the...

The term ”halite-crystal mark” (Steinsalzkristallmarke) is used here to describe cubic reliefs composed of silty or sandy material. Such cubic reliefs are found at top and bottom of siltstone as well as sandstone layers. Halitecrystal marks are documented since the Precambrian and frequently show up in salt-bearing sedimentary sequences, e.g. the T...

A well preserved and nearly complete specimen of a new limulid from the Upper Triassic of Northwest Germany is described. It is the youngest known species ofPaleolimulus. Comparisons with other species of the Paleolimulidae and with limulids from the Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic are carried out. It is attempted to separate the two generaPaleol...

New fragments of limulids from Lower Liassic strata of Franconia (Bavaria, West Germany) are described and their mode of preservation is discussed. The attempt of a systematic comparison with other known species of limulids remains unsatisfactory. One of the two prosomata superficially shows similarities with the prosoma described by BRAUN (1860) a...