Where: Germany (51.8° N, 8.0° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 40.2° N, 18.1° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Beckum Member (Ahlen Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified marl and lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Collection methods: Most specimens were collected by the author himself from the 1930s to the 1960s. Lists also include some additional material from museum collections.
Primary reference: R. Giers. 1964. Die Großfauna der Mukronatenkreide (unteres Obercampan) im östlichen Münsterland. Fortschr. Geol. Rheinld. u. Westf. 7:213-294 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 64127: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida | |
Aphrocallistes alveolites Roemer 1841 glass sponge | |
Anthozoa | |
Parasmilia centralis Mantell 1822 stony coral | |
Sedentaria | |
Cephalopoda | |
Belemnitella mucronata Schlotheim 1813 belemnite | |
Pachydiscus stobaei ammonite
Pachydiscus subrobustus Seunes 1892 ammonite | |
Hoploscaphites gibbus ammonite | |
Baculites vertebralis Lamarck 1801 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
"Inoceramus balticus" = Cataceramus balticus
"Inoceramus balticus" = Cataceramus balticus Bohm 1907 clam incl. I. balt. marcki, I. balt. pteroides, I. balt. beckumiensis
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Echinoidea | |
Echinocorys perconicus Hagenow 1840 sea urchin
Echinocorys ovatus Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Micraster glyphus Schluter 1869 heart urchin | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Ptychodus sp. Agassiz 1834 mackerel shark |