Brilon-Nehden (Cretaceous to of Germany)

Also known as ETE Locality 1606

Where: Sauerland, Germany (51.4° N, 8.6° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 17.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Barremian to Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 122.5 Ma)

• The Brilon-Nehden locality has been dated as Aptian (Huckriede, 1982) or Barremian (Schudack, 1987)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: sinkhole; claystone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine_sm, ETE sed env 2: sinkhole ETE event: flood, ETE env comment: 0
• karstic cavities in Devonian reef limestone (Massenkalk) filled with limnic-fluviatile sediments of late Early Cretaceous age (Drozdzewski et al., 2017)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Wirth in 1971-1982

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, mechanical,

• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 478, 482, 480, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: R. Huckriede. 1982. Die unterkretazische Karsthöhlen-Füllung von Nehden im Sauerland. 1. Geologische, paläozoologische und paläobotanische Befunde und Datierung [The Lower Cretaceous karst cave fill of Nehden in Sauerland. 1 Geological, paleozoological, and paleobotanical finds and dating]. Geologica et Palaeontologica 16:183-242 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22727: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 29.05.2001, edited by Matthew Carrano and Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Trileites
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Trileites sp. Marcinkiewicz 1971
Trileites "n. sp." Marcinkiewicz 1971
Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Selaginella nehdenensis n. sp. spikemoss
Verrutriletes
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Striatriletes
  -
Dijkstraisporites
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Echitriletes
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Pteridopsida
 Marsileales -
Arcellites sp. Miner 1935
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Polypodiopsida
  - Gleicheniaceae
 Marattiidae - Marattiidae
 Hymenophyllales - Polypodiidae
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Cyatheaceae indet. Kaulfuss 1827 scaly tree fern
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
Matoniaceae indet. Presl 1847
Weichselia sp. Stiehler 1857
Dipteridaceae indet. Seward and Dale
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetales indet.2 Dumortier 1829
  - Polypodiaceae
Polypodiaceae indet. Presl and Presl 1822
  - Osmundaceae
Osmundaceae indet. Berchtold and Presl
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Cycadales indet. Dumortier 1829 cycads
Horstisporites
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Ginkgoopsida
 Caytoniales -
 Ginkgoales -
Ginkgoales indet. Goroschankin 1904
Angiospermae
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Bennettitales
 Bennettitales -
 Coniferae -
"Coniferae indet." = Pinophyta
"Coniferae indet." = Pinophyta Reveal 1996
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinaceae indet. Rudolphi 1830
unclassified
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 Charales - Clavatoraceae
Clypeator
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Orthothecimorpha
 Circothecida -
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
? Serpulidae indet.2 Rafinesque 1835
Insecta
  -
Insecta indet. Linnaeus 1758 insect
Osteichthyes
 Osteichthyes -
Osteichthyes indet.2 Huxley 1880 bony fish
scales and teeth
Reptilia
 Testudinata -
Testudinata indet.1 Oppel 1811 turtle
Hu 1794/8-12
 Loricata - Goniopholididae
Goniopholis sp.3 Owen 1842 crocodilian
Hu 1794/13
 Ornithischia - Hypsilophodontidae
? Hypsilophodontidae indet.3 hypsilophodontid
 Ornithischia -
"Iguanodon cf. atherfieldensis" = Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis2 Hooley 1925 ornithopod
Iguanodon cf. bernissartensis2 Boulenger 1881 ornithopod
Hu 1794/7
Iguanodon bernissartensis2 Boulenger 1881 ornithopod
 Theropoda -
 Life -