Lengede (Ernst collection) (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Germany (52.2° N, 10.3° E: paleocoordinates 42.1° N, 10.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

• From upper zone of Gonioteuthis westfalica/Sphenoceramus ex gr. pachti/cardissoides to the zone of Gonioteuthis westfalicagranulata/Sphenoceramus pinniformis

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: glauconitic marl

• The base of the unit represents a transgressive sequence.
• Die hangenden 20-30 m mächtigen glaukonithaltigen Tonmergelschichten enthalten eine reiche, relativ großwüchsige Fauna.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by G. Ernst; reposited in the NMB

Primary reference: S. Kiel and F. J. Krüger. 2006. Gastropoda aus dem Mittelsanton (Oberkreide) von Lengede (Niedersachsen). Braunschweiger Naturkundliche Schriften 7(3):677-696 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 178204: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 26.04.2016, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella nodosa Roemer 1841 turret shell
Turritella alternans Roemer 1841 turret shell
Turritella sexlineata Roemer 1841 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
? Perissoptera sp. Tate 1865 snail
Perissoptera schlotheimi Roemer 1841 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutoderma elongata d'Orbigny 1842 volute
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Anomalofusus sp. Wade 1916 snail
Anomalofusus buchi Muller 1851 snail
 Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae
? Exilia canalifera Favre 1869 snail
 Neogastropoda -
Beisselia koeneni Muller 1898 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes brunsvicensis Muller 1898 moon snail
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Calliotropis nilssoni Munster 1844 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Bathrotomaria sp. Cox 1956 snail
Echinoidea
 Echinoneoida - Conulidae
Conulus raulini d'Orbigny 1856 sea urchin
Conulus elongatus Roemer 1865 sea urchin
 Holectypoida -
Echinogalerus goslariensis Schluter 1902 sea urchin
Echinogalerus bueltenensis Schluter 1902 sea urchin
Echinogalerus gehrdensis Roemer 1841 sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster cf. aequisgranensis Schluter 1899 heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Diplodetus recklinghausenensis Schluter 1900 heart urchin
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Cardiaster jugatus Schluter 1869 sea urchin
 Calycina - Phymosomatidae
Phymosoma gehrdenense Schluter 1881 sea urchin
 Salenioida - Saleniidae
Salenia cf. heberti Cotteau 1861 sea urchin
 Camarodonta - Temnopleuridae
Zeuglopleurus pisum Schluter 1883 sea urchin
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Prionocidaris pseudopistillum Cotteau 1862 pencil urchin
 Cidaroida - Psychocidaridae
Tylocidaris gosae Schluter 1892 pencil urchin