Quarry "Elsa", Ennigerloh, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.8° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 8.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Beckum Member (Ahlen Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified marl

• shallow sea, wave influence, varying waterdepth
• succession (<15m) of: marls, gray marls, calcareous marls, limestone and sparse argillaceous marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: Most specimens were collected by the author himself from the 1930s to the 1960s. Lists also include some additional material from museum collections.

Primary reference: R. Giers. 1964. Die Großfauna der Mukronatenkreide (unteres Obercampan) im östlichen Münsterland. Fortschr. Geol. Rheinld. u. Westf. 7:213-294 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63991: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 29.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula subtorquata Munster 1836
Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Radiolites sp. Lamarck 1801 rudist
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Pachydiscus subrobustus Seunes 1892 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
 Belemnitida - Belemnitellidae
Belemnitella mucronata Schlotheim 1813 belemnite