Where: Denmark (55.3° N, 12.4° E: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 10.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified chalk
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Geologisk Museum in Copenhagen
Primary reference: E. Simon and E. F. Owen. 2001. A first step in the revision of the genus Cretirhynchia Pettitt, 1950. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 71:53-118 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 170139: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.06.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Cretirhynchia (Cretirhynchia) retracta Roemer 1841 |