PBDB Collection

Bauerschaft Bracht, near Sendenhorst (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.8° N, 7.8° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 8.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ahlen Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified lime mudstone

• Plattenkalk

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut und Museum Münster

Primary reference: W. von der Marck. 1863. Fossile Fische, Krebse und Pflanzen aus den Plattenkalken der jüngsten Kreide aus Westfalen. Palaeontographica 11:1-83 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 213198: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
Decapoda - Palinuridae	Eurycarpus nanodactylus² Eurycarpus nanodactylus² Schlüter 1868 spiny lobster
Cephalopoda
Octobrachia - Plesioteuthidae	Plesioteuthis arcuata n. sp.² Plesioteuthis arcuata n. sp.² von der Marck 1873
Osteichthyes
-	Echidnocephalus tenuicaudus³, "Echidnocephalus troschelii" = Echidnocephalus troscheli² Echidnocephalus tenuicaudus³ von der Marck 1858 "Echidnocephalus troschelii" = Echidnocephalus troscheli² von der Marck 1858
Actinopteri
Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae	Palaeolycus dreginensis³, Ischyrocephalus gracilis², Ischyrocephalus cataphractus⁴, Ischyrocephalus intermedius⁴ Palaeolycus dreginensis³ von der Marck 1863 Ischyrocephalus gracilis² von der Marck 1858 Ischyrocephalus cataphractus⁴ von der Marck 1868 Ischyrocephalus intermedius⁴ von der Marck 1868
Aulopiformes - Ichthyotringidae	"Rhinellus furcatus" = Ichthyotringa furcata² "Rhinellus furcatus" = Ichthyotringa furcata² Agassiz 1843
Aulopiformes - Dercetidae	"Leptotrachelus sagittatus n. sp." = Dercetis elongatus², "Leptotrachelus armatus" = Benthesikyme armatus³ "Leptotrachelus sagittatus n. sp." = Dercetis elongatus² Agassiz 1835 "Leptotrachelus armatus" = Benthesikyme armatus³ von der Marck 1863
Teleostei - Cheirotricidae	"Telepholis biantennatus n. sp." = Cheirothrix guestphalicus² "Telepholis biantennatus n. sp." = Cheirothrix guestphalicus² Schlüter 1868
Beryciformes -	Berycopsis paucoradius n. sp.¹, "Platycormus germanus" = Berycopsis germanus³, "Platycormus oblongus" = Berycopsis germanus⁴ Berycopsis paucoradius n. sp.¹ Dietze 2009 Part of von der Marck's Pachycormus oblongus "Platycormus germanus" = Berycopsis germanus³ Agassiz 1837 "Platycormus oblongus" = Berycopsis germanus⁴ Agassiz 1837
Myctophiformes - Sardinioididae	Leptosomus elongatus⁴, Sardinioides crassicaudus, "Sardinioides monasterii" = Sardinioides monasterii³, "Sardinioides tenuicaudus" = Sardinioides monasterii³, "Sardinioides macropterygius" = Sardinioides monasterii³, "Sardinioides minutus" = Sardinioides monasterii³, "Dermatoptychus macrophthalmus" = Sardinioides macrophthalmus⁴ Leptosomus elongatus⁴ von der Marck 1868 Additional specimens published in von der Marck (1885) Sardinioides crassicaudus von der Marck 1863 "Sardinioides monasterii" = Sardinioides monasterii³ Agassiz 1839 "Sardinioides tenuicaudus" = Sardinioides monasterii³ Agassiz 1839 "Sardinioides macropterygius" = Sardinioides monasterii³ Agassiz 1839 "Sardinioides minutus" = Sardinioides monasterii³ Agassiz 1839 "Dermatoptychus macrophthalmus" = Sardinioides macrophthalmus⁴ von der Marck 1868
Myctophiformes -	Sardinius cordieri³, Sardinius robustus⁴ Sardinius cordieri³ Agassiz 1839 Sardinius robustus⁴ von der Marck 1868 Additional specimens published in von der Marck (1885)
Stomiatiformes -	Telepholis acrocephalus² Telepholis acrocephalus² von der Marck 1868
Albuliformes - Albulidae	"Istieus macrocoelius" = Istieus grandis² "Istieus macrocoelius" = Istieus grandis² Agassiz 1842 bonefish
Elopiformes -	Dactylopogon grandis⁴ Dactylopogon grandis⁴ von der Marck 1868
Elopiformes - Elopidae	Thrissopteroides latus n. sp.², Thrissopteroides intermedius³, Thrissopteroides elongatus n. sp.² Thrissopteroides latus n. sp.² von der Marck 1873 Thrissopteroides intermedius³ von der Marck 1885 Thrissopteroides elongatus n. sp.² von der Marck 1873
Elopiformes - Osmeroididae	"Holcolepis cretaceus" = Osmeroides cretaceus² "Holcolepis cretaceus" = Osmeroides cretaceus² von der Marck 1863
Chondrichthyes
Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae	"Thyellina angusta" = Scyllium angustum² "Thyellina angusta" = Scyllium angustum² Agassiz 1838 cat shark
Brachyspondylus cretaceus
-	Brachyspondylus cretaceus⁴ Brachyspondylus cretaceus⁴ von der Marck 1868

¹Dietze 2009; ²von der Marck 1873; ³von der Marck 1885; ⁴von der Marck and Schlüter 1868