Where: Germany (51.8° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.3° N, 8.9° E)
• 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
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 64131: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.09.2006, edited by Jonathan Tennant
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Calcarea | |
Porosphaera globularis Phillips 1829 calcareous sponge | |
Reptilia | |
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Crinoidea | |
Bourgueticrinus ellipticus Miller 1821 Feather star | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinocorys ovatus Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Micraster glyphus Schluter 1869 heart urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
Pecten (Syncyclonema) membranaceus Nilsson 1827 scallop | |
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Cephalopoda | |
Belemnitella mucronata Schlotheim 1813 belemnite | |
Hoploscaphites gibbus ammonite | |
Pachydiscus auritocostatus ammonite
Pachydiscus stobaei ammonite | |
Polychaeta | |