Where: Germany (52.1° N, 7.3° E: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 8.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; poorly lithified, bioturbated, argillaceous marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Collection methods: core,
Primary reference: M. Hiß and A. Lommerzheim. 1991. Stratigraphische interpretation der makrofauna im Santon /Campan-Profil der Bohrung Metelen 1001 im nordwestlichen Muensterland (NW-Deutschland). Facies 24:125-128 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36808: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 16.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Inoceramus (Endocostea) cf. balticus Bohm 1907 clam | |
Hexactinellida | |
? Lepidospongia sp. Roemer 1864 glass sponge |