Where: Germany (52.0° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 8.9° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Basiplana/stobaei other zone, Vorhelmer schichten Member (Ahlen Formation), Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• 4 disctinct beds identified as "Schlangensternbank"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified wackestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with pyrite
Primary reference: T. Stuwe. 2000. Erstfunde von Ophiuren (Schlangensterne) im Obercampanium des öslischen Münsterland. Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen 56:67-77 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 83796: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 02.09.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Patagiosites stobaei Nilsson 1827 ammonite | |
Belemnitella mucronata Schlotheim 1813 belemnite | |
Ophiuroidea | |
? Sinosura sp. Hess 1964 brittle star |