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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Actinopteri | |
"Istieus mesospondylus" = Istieus grandis1, "Istieus macrocoelius" = Istieus grandis1, "Istieus microcephalus" = Istieus grandis, Istieus gracilis, Istieus macrocephalus
"Istieus microcephalus" = Istieus grandis Agassiz 1842 bonefish
Istieus gracilis Agassiz 1839 bonefish | |
"Rhabdolepis cretaceus" = Osmeroides cretaceus1
"Rhabdolepis cretaceus" = Osmeroides cretaceus1 von der Marck 1863 | |
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Sphenocephalus fissicaudus Agassiz 1839 | |
Clupea guestfalica n. sp.
Clupea guestfalica n. sp. von der Marck 1858 herring | |
Pelargorhynchus dercetiformis n. gen. n. sp.
Pelargorhynchus dercetiformis n. gen. n. sp. von der Marck 1858 | |
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"Sardinioides microcephalus" = Sardinioides monasterii1
"Sardinioides microcephalus" = Sardinioides monasterii1 Agassiz 1839 | |
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Sardinius cordieri Agassiz 1839 | |
"Platycormus germanus" = Berycopsis germanus, "Sphenocephalus cataphractus" = Tubantia cataphractus1
"Platycormus germanus" = Berycopsis germanus Agassiz 1837
"Sphenocephalus cataphractus" = Tubantia cataphractus1 von der Marck 1863 | |
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Hoplopteryx antiquus Agassiz 1839
Hoplopteryx gibbus1 von der Marck 1863 | |
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Acrogaster parvus Agassiz 1839 | |
| Osteichthyes | |
"Sardinius macrodactylus n. sp." = Histiothrissa macrodactyla, Echidnocephalus tenuicaudus n. sp.
"Sardinius macrodactylus n. sp." = Histiothrissa macrodactyla von der Marck 1858
Echidnocephalus tenuicaudus n. sp. von der Marck 1858 | |
| Malacostraca | |
Tiche astaciformis1, "Machaerophorus spectabilis" = Penaeus spectabilis1, "Palaemon tenuicaudus n. sp." = Penaeus tenuicauda, "Pseudocrangon crassicaudus" = Penaeus tenuicauda1
"Palaemon tenuicaudus n. sp." = Penaeus tenuicauda von der Marck 1858 decapod | |
"Palaemon roemeri n. sp." = Sicyonia roemeri
"Palaemon roemeri n. sp." = Sicyonia roemeri von der Marck 1858 decapod | |
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"Euryurus dubius" = Gampsurus dubius1
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| Macrolepis elongatus | |
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Macrolepis elongatus1 von der Marck 1863 | |