Baumberge (Museum zu Münster collection) (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Germany (52.0° N, 7.4° E: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 8.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Baumberge Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

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 221717: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.08.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Beryciformes - Hoplopterygiidae
 Beryciformes -
Acrogaster parvus Agassiz 1839
Acrogaster minutus von der Marck 1863
 Beryciformes - Hoplopterygiidae
Hoplopteryx gibbus von der Marck 1863
 Beryciformes -
"Sphenocephalus cataphractus" = Tubantia cataphractus, Omosoma monasterii1
"Sphenocephalus cataphractus" = Tubantia cataphractus von der Marck 1863
Omosoma monasterii1 von der Marck 1885
 Aulopiformes - Dercetidae
"Leptotrachelus armatus" = Benthesikyme armatus1
"Leptotrachelus armatus" = Benthesikyme armatus1 von der Marck 1863
 Esociformes - Esocidae
Esox monasteriensis von der Marck 1863 pike
 Salmoniformes -
Spaniodon lepturus n. sp.2 von der Marck 1894
 Gonorhynchiformes - Gonorhynchidae
Charitosomus formosus1 von der Marck 1885
 Sphenocephaliformes - Sphenocephalidae
 Notacanthiformes - Halosauridae
Enchelurus villosus von der Marck 1863
Chondrichthyes
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina baumbergensis n. sp.1 von der Marck 1885 angel shark