Where: Germany (51.8° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 8.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Vorhelm Member (Ahlen Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• Lower Vorhelm member
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
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 64143: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae | |
Aulaxinia sulcifera Roemer 1864 demosponge | |
Stichophyma multiformis Bronn 1837 demosponge | |
"Verruculina macrommata" = Amphithelion (Amphithelion) macrommata, Verruculina aurita, Verruculina tenuis
"Verruculina macrommata" = Amphithelion (Amphithelion) macrommata Roemer 1864 demosponge
Verruculina aurita demosponge
Verruculina tenuis Roemer 1840 demosponge | |
Hexactinellida | |
"Hexactinella angustata" = Polyopesia angustata, "Guettardia striata" = Guettardiscyphia striata
"Hexactinella angustata" = Polyopesia angustata Schrammen 1902 glass sponge
"Guettardia striata" = Guettardiscyphia striata Schrammen 1912 glass sponge | |
Leptophragma murchisoni Goldfuss 1831 glass sponge | |
Ventriculites radiatus Mantell 1822 glass sponge | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Nautilus darupensis" = Eutrephoceras darupense
"Nautilus darupensis" = Eutrephoceras darupense Schluter 1876 nautiloid | |
Belemnitella mucronata Schlotheim 1813 belemnite | |
Rhyncholithes sp. Blainville 1827 | |
Phylloceras velledaeformis ammonite | |
Pachydiscus patagiosus, "Pachydiscus koeneni" = Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) haldemsis
Pachydiscus patagiosus ammonite
"Pachydiscus koeneni" = Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) haldemsis Schluter 1867 ammonite | |
"Hoplitoplacenticeras coesfeldiense" = Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) coesfeldiense, Hoplitoplacenticeras costulosum, Hoplitoplacenticeras vari
"Hoplitoplacenticeras coesfeldiense" = Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) coesfeldiense Schluter 1867 ammonite
Hoplitoplacenticeras costulosum Schlüter 1867 ammonite
Hoplitoplacenticeras vari Schlüter 1872 ammonite | |
Hoploscaphites gibbus ammonite | |
Baculites vertebralis Lamarck 1801 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Cerithium binodosum cerith snail | |
Burtinella conica worm shell | |
Patella sp. Linnaeus 1758 limpet | |
Bivalvia | |
Inoceramus balticus Bohm 1907 clam incl. I. balt. marcki, I. balt. pteroides, I. balt. ellipticus n subsp.
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Plicatula inflata scallop | |
Pecten (Syncyclonema) membranaceus Nilsson 1827 scallop | |
"Ostrea bronni" = Cassianella gryphaeata
"Ostrea bronni" = Cassianella gryphaeata Münster 1841 oyster | |
Ostrea goldfussi oyster | |
"Modiola capitata" = Modiolus
"Modiola capitata" = Modiolus mussel | |
Neaera caudata clam | |
Gyropleura ciplyana rudist | |
"Cytherea ovalis" = Mesocallista subovalis
"Cytherea ovalis" = Mesocallista subovalis Orbigny 1850 venus clam | |
Cardium becksi cockle | |
Astarte similis Munster 1840 clam | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratulina rigida Sowerby 1829 | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpula subtorquata Munster 1836 | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinocorys ovatus Leske 1778 sea urchin
Cardiaster maximus sea urchin | |
Micraster glyphus Schluter 1869 heart urchin |