St. Pietersberg, Maastricht area (RGM collection): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Netherlands

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Phymosomatidae
Gauthieria broecki Lambert 1897
Geys 1980
recombined as Gauthieria radiata broecki
Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Elasmosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Mulder et al. 2000 1 specimen
Tooth (NHMM 1993062, ex. R. Ubaghs Colln.; plate 1, figs 1-3) embedded in matrix suggesting provenance from the upper part of the Nekum Member or lower portion of the overlying Meerssen Member (Maastricht Formation)
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Ancistrocrania suessi
Leloux 2002
Isocrania paucicostata
Leloux 2002
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Argyrotheca megatremoides
Leloux 2002
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratellidae
"Terebratella" konincki
Leloux 2002
Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecideidae
? Parathecidea suessi
Leloux 2002
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
? Ctenoides vogeli Dhondt 1983
Leloux 2002
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca geulemensis Vogel 1895
Leloux 2002
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium subalternatum Vogel 1895
Leloux 2002
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia mastrichtiensis Vogel 1895
Leloux 2002
Ostracoda - Podocopida
Planileberis lepida
Leloux 2002
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Brachycytheridae
Kikliocythere labyrinthica (Bosquet 1854)
Leloux 2002
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Kingmaina cristata
Leloux 2002
Thecostraca - Scalpellomorpha - Scalpellidae
Virgiscalpellum darwinianum (Bosquet 1854)
Leloux 2002
Virgiscalpellum hagenowianum (Bosquet 1854)
Leloux 2002
Arcoscalpellum pulchellum (Bosquet 1854)
Leloux 2002
Arcoscalpellum gracile (Bosquet 1854)
Leloux 2002
recombined as Diotascalpellum gracile
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Columnastraea fallax Umbgrove 1925
Leloux 2002
recombined as Columactinastraea fallax
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae
Montastrea maxima (Umbgrove 1925)
Leloux 2002
recombined as Baryphyllia maxima
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Montastrea conferta (Umbgrove 1925)
Leloux 2002
recombined as Ellipsocoenia conferta
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
? Placosmilia robusta Umbgrove 1925
synonym of Peplosmilia latona
Placosmilia robusta Umbgrove 1925
Leloux 2002
synonym of Peplosmilia latona
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia planissima Umbgrove 1925
Leloux 2002
Montastreinae indet. Vaughan and Wells 1943
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae
Placocoenia macrophthalma (Goldfuss 1826)
Angiospermae - Alismatales
Thalassocharis bosqueti Debey 1850
Leloux 2002
Angiospermae
Halocharis longifolia Miquel 1853
Leloux 2002
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Eoconuloides roestae (Visser 1950)
Leloux 2002 127 specimens
original and current combination Cibicides roestae
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Nonionella troostae (Visser 1950)
Leloux 2002 28 specimens
original and current combination Nonion troostae
Nodosariata - Robertinida - Ceratobuliminidae
Trochulina bienfaiti (Visser 1950)
Leloux 2002 8 specimens
original and current combination Lamarckina bienfaiti
Lepitorbitoididae
Daviesina fleuriausi
Leloux 2002 38 specimens
unclassified
Pseudoparrella alata
Leloux 2002 188 specimens
Pseudoparrella limburgensis Visser 1950
Leloux 2002 25 specimens
Gastrochaenolites cf. lapidicus Kelly and Bromley 1984
see common names

Geography
Country:Netherlands
Coordinates: 50.8° North, 5.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.4° North, 4.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Late/Upper Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Maastricht
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: limestone block
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Rijksmuseum voor Geologie en Mineralogie, Leiden
Metadata
Database number:138910
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, M. Clapham, R. Benson Enterer:M. Krause, M. Clapham, R. Benson
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-02-01 00:46:32 Last modified:2018-10-09 21:49:01
Access level:the public Released:2013-02-01 00:46:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
44591. J. Leloux. 2004. Notes on taxonomy and taphonomy of two Upper Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) scleractinian corals from Limburg, The Netherlands. Scripta Geologica (127)313-339 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]

Secondary references:

265 J. F. Geys. 1980. Phymosomatoid echinoids from the Campanian and the Maastrichtian of Belgium and the Netherlands. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 54:199-224 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Clapham]
53991 J. Leloux. 2002. Type specimens of Maastrichtian fossils in the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden. [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]
46426 E. W. A. Mulder, N. Bardet, P. Godefroit and J. W. M. Jagt. 2000. Elasmosaur remains from the Maastrichtian type area, and a review of latest Cretaceous elasmosaurs (Reptilia, Plesiosauroidea). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturalles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 70:161-178 [R. Benson/R. Benson/P. Mannion]