Late Campanian, Darup, Münsterland, Germany (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (51.9° N, 7.3° E: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 8.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified wackestone

• Chalk

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: J. W. M. Jagt and W. Riegraf. 2003. Late Cretaceous ophiuroids from the Münsterland Basin (Germany): preliminary observations. J.P. Feral, B. David (Eds), Echinoderm Research 2001, Swets & Zeitlinger, Lisse 61-63 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32024: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 01.06.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Hoplitoplacenticeras dolbergense
Hoplitoplacenticeras dolbergense Schluter 1876 ammonite
Ophiuroidea
 Ophiacanthida - Ophiacanthidae
? Ophiacantha danica
? Ophiacantha danica Rasmussen 1951 brittle star
 Ophiacanthida - Ophiodermatidae
? Ophioderma radiatum
? Ophioderma radiatum Kutscher and Jagt 2000 brittle star
 Ophiacanthida - Ophiocomidae
? Ophiocoma senonensis
? Ophiocoma senonensis Valette 1914 brittle star
 Ophiacanthida - Ophiobyrsidae
? Ophiosmilax alternatus
? Ophiosmilax alternatus Kutscher and Jagt 2000 brittle star
 Amphilepidida - Amphiuridae
? Amphiura plana
? Amphiura plana Kutscher and Jagt 2000 brittle star
 Amphilepidida - Ophiolepididae
? Ophiolepis sp.
? Ophiolepis sp. Müller and Troschel 1840 brittle star
 Ophiurida - Ophiosphalmidae
Ophiomusium ex gr. granulosum
Ophiomusium ex gr. granulosum Roemer 1841 brittle star
 Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
"Ophiotitanos serrata" = Ophiura serrata
"Ophiotitanos serrata" = Ophiura serrata Roemer 1841 brittle star
 Ophiurida - Ophiopyrgidae
? Stegophiura hagenowi
? Stegophiura hagenowi Rasmussen 1950 brittle star