Also known as Meissen
Where: Sachsen, Germany (51.2° N, 13.5° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 12.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cunningtoniceras inerme ammonoid zone, Meißen Formation, Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• Lower Middle Cenomanian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, red conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: MMG: Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Museum für Mineralogie und Geologie.
Primary reference: M. Wilmsen and E. Nagm. 2014. Kreide-Fossilien in Sachsen, Teil 1, 7. Ammoniten. Geologica Saxonica 60:201-240 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 172073: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.07.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Turrilites costatus Lamarck 1801 ammonite |