Adenstedt V (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Germany (52.0° N, 9.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.9° N, 10.2° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Cretaceous (100.5 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, argillaceous limestone

Primary reference: S. Keller. 1982. Die Oberkreide der Sack-Mulde bei Alfeld (Cenoman-Unter-Coniac) Lithologie, Biostratigraphie und Inoceramen. Geologisches Jahrbuch A(64):3-171 [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 12687: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 26.11.2001, edited by Franz Fursich

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Echinocoridae
Sternotaxis planus Mantell 1822 heart urchin
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida -
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
"Scaphites ex gr. geinitzi" = Scaphites geinitzii
"Scaphites ex gr. geinitzi" = Scaphites geinitzii d'Orbigny 1850 ammonite
Scaphites sp. ex gr. geinitzi
 Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Lewesiceras mantelli Wright and Wright 1951 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Inoceramus striatoconcentricus" = Mytiloides striatoconcentricus Gümbel 1968 clam
aff. carpathicus