Where: Germany (51.7° N, 7.9° E: paleocoordinates 42.3° N, 8.8° 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
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 64153: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Parasmilia centralis Mantell 1822 stony coral | |
Hexactinellida | |
Leptophragma murchisoni Goldfuss 1831 glass sponge | |
Rhizopoterion tubiforme Schrammen 1912 glass sponge
Ventriculites radiatus Mantell 1822 glass sponge | |
Coeloptychium deciminum Roemer 1841 glass sponge
Coeloptychium incisum Roemer 1841 glass sponge | |
Calcarea | |
Porosphaera globularis Phillips 1829 calcareous sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Verruculina tenuis Roemer 1840 demosponge | |
Seliscothon planum demosponge | |
Callopegma acaule Zittel 1878 demosponge | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinocorys ovatus Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
"Dimyodon nilssoni" = Atreta nilssoni
"Dimyodon nilssoni" = Atreta nilssoni Hagenow 1842 scallop | |
Pecten (Syncyclonema) membranaceus, "Pecten (Aequipecten) pulchellus" = Dhondtichlamys pulchellus
Pecten (Syncyclonema) membranaceus Nilsson 1827 scallop
"Pecten (Aequipecten) pulchellus" = Dhondtichlamys pulchellus Nilsson 1827 scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
Actinocamax quadratus belemnite | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Terebratula carnea" = Carneithyris carnea
"Terebratula carnea" = Carneithyris carnea Sowerby 1812 | |
Terebratulina gracilis Schlotheim 1813
Terebratulina rigida Sowerby 1829 |