Bauerschaft Arnhorst, near Sendenhorst (Dr. Hosius collection) (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.8° N, 7.8° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 8.7° 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: private collection of Herrn Dr. Hosius in 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 221713: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.08.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Beryciformes -
"Platycormus oblongus" = Berycopsis germanus
"Platycormus oblongus" = Berycopsis germanus Agassiz 1837