Where: Germany (51.8° N, 8.1° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 8.9° 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 64141: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae | |
"Verruculina macrommata" = Amphithelion (Amphithelion) macrommata
"Verruculina macrommata" = Amphithelion (Amphithelion) macrommata Roemer 1864 demosponge | |
Hexactinellida | |
Leptophragma murchisoni Goldfuss 1831 glass sponge | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Nautilus darupensis" = Eutrephoceras darupense
"Nautilus darupensis" = Eutrephoceras darupense Schluter 1876 nautiloid | |
Actinocamax quadratus belemnite | |
Hoploscaphites gibbus ammonite | |
"Ancyloceras retrorsum" = Glyptoxoceras retrorsum
"Ancyloceras retrorsum" = Glyptoxoceras retrorsum Schlüter 1872 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Pecten (Syncyclonema) membranaceus Nilsson 1827 scallop | |
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Polychaeta | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinocorys ovatus Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Micraster glyphus Schluter 1869 heart urchin |