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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
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Cephalopoda | |
Plesioteuthis arcuata n. sp.2
Plesioteuthis arcuata n. sp.2 von der Marck 1873 | |
Osteichthyes | |
Echidnocephalus tenuicaudus3 von der Marck 1858
"Echidnocephalus troschelii" = Echidnocephalus troscheli2 von der Marck 1858 | |
Actinopteri | |
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 | |
"Rhinellus furcatus" = Ichthyotringa furcata2
"Rhinellus furcatus" = Ichthyotringa furcata2 Agassiz 1843 | |
"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 | |
"Telepholis biantennatus n. sp." = Cheirothrix guestphalicus2
"Telepholis biantennatus n. sp." = Cheirothrix guestphalicus2 Schlüter 1868 | |
Berycopsis paucoradius n. sp.1, "Platycormus germanus" = Berycopsis germanus3, "Platycormus oblongus" = Berycopsis germanus4
"Platycormus germanus" = Berycopsis germanus3 Agassiz 1837
"Platycormus oblongus" = Berycopsis germanus4 Agassiz 1837 | |
Leptosomus elongatus4, Sardinioides crassicaudus, "Sardinioides monasterii" = Sardinioides monasterii3, "Sardinioides tenuicaudus" = Sardinioides monasterii3, "Sardinioides macropterygius" = Sardinioides monasterii3, "Sardinioides minutus" = Sardinioides monasterii3, "Dermatoptychus macrophthalmus" = Sardinioides macrophthalmus4
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 | |
Sardinius cordieri3 Agassiz 1839 | |
Telepholis acrocephalus2 von der Marck 1868 | |
"Istieus macrocoelius" = Istieus grandis2
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Dactylopogon grandis4 von der Marck 1868 | |
Thrissopteroides latus n. sp.2 von der Marck 1873
Thrissopteroides intermedius3 von der Marck 1885
Thrissopteroides elongatus n. sp.2 von der Marck 1873 | |
"Holcolepis cretaceus" = Osmeroides cretaceus2
"Holcolepis cretaceus" = Osmeroides cretaceus2 von der Marck 1863 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Thyellina angusta" = Scyllium angustum2
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Brachyspondylus cretaceus | |
Brachyspondylus cretaceus4 von der Marck 1868 |