Where: Germany (51.8° N, 8.2° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 9.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Stromberg Member (Ahlen Formation), Early/Lower 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 64140: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Actinocamax quadratus belemnite | |
Pachydiscus stobaei ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Cucullaea subglabra Orbigny 1850 clam | |
Pecten (Syncyclonema) membranaceus Nilsson 1827 scallop | |
"Ostrea bronni" = Cassianella gryphaeata
"Ostrea bronni" = Cassianella gryphaeata Münster 1841 oyster |