PBDB Collection

Area around 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

Collected by W. von der Marck

• Repository: Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut und Museum Münster

Primary reference: W. von der Marck. 1858. Ueber einige Wirbelthiere, Kruster und Cephalopoden der Westfälischen Kreide. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 10:231-271 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 221711: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.08.2021

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Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
Decapoda -	"Euryurus dubius" = Gampsurus dubius¹ "Euryurus dubius" = Gampsurus dubius¹ von der Marck 1863 shrimp
Decapoda - Palinuridae	Eurycarpus nanodactylus² Eurycarpus nanodactylus² Schlüter 1868 spiny lobster
Decapoda - Sicyoniidae	"Palaemon roemeri n. sp." = Sicyonia roemeri "Palaemon roemeri n. sp." = Sicyonia roemeri von der Marck 1858 decapod
Decapoda - Penaeidae	Tiche astaciformis¹, "Machaerophorus spectabilis" = Penaeus spectabilis¹, "Palaemon tenuicaudus n. sp." = Penaeus tenuicauda, "Pseudocrangon crassicaudus" = Penaeus tenuicauda¹ Tiche astaciformis¹ von der Marck 1863 decapod "Machaerophorus spectabilis" = Penaeus spectabilis¹ von der Marck 1863 decapod "Palaemon tenuicaudus n. sp." = Penaeus tenuicauda von der Marck 1858 decapod "Pseudocrangon crassicaudus" = Penaeus tenuicauda¹ von der Marck 1858 decapod
Stomatopoda - Squillidae	Squilla cretacea² Squilla cretacea² Schlüter 1868 mantis shrimp
Osteichthyes
-	Echidnocephalus tenuicaudus n. sp., "Sardinius macrodactylus n. sp." = Histiothrissa macrodactyla Echidnocephalus tenuicaudus n. sp. von der Marck 1858 "Sardinius macrodactylus n. sp." = Histiothrissa macrodactyla von der Marck 1858
Actinopteri
Albuliformes - Albulidae	Istieus gracilis, Istieus macrocephalus, "Istieus mesospondylus" = Istieus grandis¹, "Istieus macrocoelius" = Istieus grandis¹, "Istieus microcephalus" = Istieus grandis Istieus gracilis Agassiz 1839 bonefish Istieus macrocephalus Agassiz 1842 bonefish Also mentioned in von der Marck (1863) "Istieus mesospondylus" = Istieus grandis¹ Agassiz 1842 bonefish "Istieus macrocoelius" = Istieus grandis¹ Agassiz 1842 bonefish "Istieus microcephalus" = Istieus grandis Agassiz 1842 bonefish
Elopiformes - Osmeroididae	"Rhabdolepis cretaceus" = Osmeroides cretaceus¹ "Rhabdolepis cretaceus" = Osmeroides cretaceus¹ von der Marck 1863
Sphenocephaliformes - Sphenocephalidae	Sphenocephalus fissicaudus Sphenocephalus fissicaudus Agassiz 1839
Aulopiformes - Dercetidae	Pelargorhynchus dercetiformis n. gen. n. sp. Pelargorhynchus dercetiformis n. gen. n. sp. von der Marck 1858
Myctophiformes - Sardinioididae	"Sardinioides microcephalus" = Sardinioides monasterii¹ "Sardinioides microcephalus" = Sardinioides monasterii¹ Agassiz 1839
Myctophiformes -	Sardinius cordieri Sardinius cordieri Agassiz 1839
Myctophiformes - Myctophidae	Tachynectes macrodactylus¹, Tachynectes longipes¹ Tachynectes macrodactylus¹ von der Marck 1863 lanternfish Tachynectes longipes¹ von der Marck 1863 lanternfish
Beryciformes -	"Sphenocephalus cataphractus" = Tubantia cataphractus¹ "Sphenocephalus cataphractus" = Tubantia cataphractus¹ von der Marck 1863
Beryciformes - Hoplopterygiidae	Hoplopteryx antiquus, Hoplopteryx gibbus¹ Hoplopteryx antiquus Agassiz 1839 Hoplopteryx gibbus¹ von der Marck 1863
Beryciformes -	Acrogaster parvus, "Platycormus germanus" = Berycopsis germanus Acrogaster parvus Agassiz 1839 "Platycormus germanus" = Berycopsis germanus Agassiz 1837
Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei	Clupea guestfalica n. sp. Clupea guestfalica n. sp. von der Marck 1858 herring
Macrolepis elongatus
-	Macrolepis elongatus¹ Macrolepis elongatus¹ von der Marck 1863

¹von der Marck 1863; ²von der Marck and Schlüter 1868