Arenfelde quarry, near Sendenhorst (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.9° N, 7.7° E: paleocoordinates 42.5° 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: 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 221714: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.08.2021

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
"Palaeoscyllium decheni" = Paratriakis decheni
"Palaeoscyllium decheni" = Paratriakis decheni von der Marck 1863 hound shark
Actinopteri
 Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Ischyrocephalus macropterus
Ischyrocephalus macropterus von der Marck 1858
 Aulopiformes - Dercetidae
"Pelargorhynchus blochiiformis" = Pelargorhynchus dercetiformis, "Leptotrachelus armatus" = Benthesikyme armatus
"Pelargorhynchus blochiiformis" = Pelargorhynchus dercetiformis von der Marck 1858
"Leptotrachelus armatus" = Benthesikyme armatus von der Marck 1863
 Myctophiformes - Sardinioididae
Leptosomus guestphalicus
Leptosomus guestphalicus von der Marck 1863
 Myctophiformes -
Sardinius cordieri
Sardinius cordieri Agassiz 1839
 Beryciformes -
Acrogaster brevicostatus, "Platycormus germanus" = Berycopsis germanus
Acrogaster brevicostatus von der Marck 1863
"Platycormus germanus" = Berycopsis germanus Agassiz 1837
 Elopiformes - Megalopidae
"Microcoelia granulata" = Sedenhorstia granulata
"Microcoelia granulata" = Sedenhorstia granulata von der Marck 1863
Osteichthyes
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Echidnocephalus troscheli
Echidnocephalus troscheli von der Marck 1858
Malacostraca
 Decapoda -
Nymphaeops sendenhorstensis
Nymphaeops sendenhorstensis Schlüter 1862 decapod
 Decapoda - Oplophoridae
Oplophorus marcki
Oplophorus marcki Schlüter 1862 shrimp
 Decapoda - Sicyoniidae
"Penaeus roemeri" = Sicyonia roemeri
"Penaeus roemeri" = Sicyonia roemeri von der Marck 1858 decapod
 Decapoda - Penaeidae
"Pseudocrangon tenuicaudus" = Penaeus tenuicauda
"Pseudocrangon tenuicaudus" = Penaeus tenuicauda von der Marck 1858 decapod