Körssen pit, Marienschacht (Cretaceous of Germany)

Also known as Stadthagen

Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (52.3° N, 9.2° E: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 18.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Cretaceous (145.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• "Wealden"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Grabbe

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: W. Dames. 1884. Ein Humerusfragment eines Dinosauriers vor, welches im Liegenden des Hauptflötzes im Marienschacht auf der Körssen bei Stadthagen von Herrn Dr. Grabbe gefunden wurde [A humerus fragment of a dinosaur that was found in the footwall of the Hauptflötzes in Marienschacht on the Krössen in Stadthagen by Dr. Grabbe]. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 36:186-187 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 164632: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 08.12.2014

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Iguanodon bernissartensis Boulenger 1881 ornithopod
distal end, left humerus