Kassenberg Quarry, Mülheim/Ruhr: Early/Lower Turonian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Siderastreidae
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Synhelia gibbosa
(Goldfuss 1829)
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75 specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Gorgonacea
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Moltkia foveolata
(Reuss 1846)
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5 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Coordinates: | 51.4° North, 6.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.3° North, 7.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 94606 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-03-04 05:09:11 | Last modified: | 2010-03-04 07:09:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-03-04 05:09:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32212. | H. Löser. 1994. La faune corallienne du mont Kassenberg a Mülheim-sur-la-Ruhr (Bassin cretace de Westphalie, nord-ouest de l'Allemagne), 2. Paleontologie [The coral fauna of Mount Kassenberg in Mühlheim-an-der-Ruhr (Cretaceous Basin of Westphalia, NW Germany), 2. Paleontology]. Coral Research Bulletin 3:1-93 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |