Vijlenerbosch [Zeven Wegen Chalk, Gulpen Fm] (Cretaceous of Netherlands)

Where: Netherlands (50.8° N, 6.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.4° N, 7.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zeven Wegen Chalk Member (Gulpen Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Zeven wegen Chalk, the lowermost member of the Gulpen Fm, and is overlain by the Beutenaken Chalk. The Terstraeten Sand of the upper Vaals Formation underlies the unit. AGE: Latest Campanian, on the basis of ammonite and belemnite biostratigraphy; Bostrychoceras polyplocum zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified lime mudstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine carbonate setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: No specific lithological data reported in text. Probably chalk. LITHIFICATION: Lithified on the basis of figured specimen.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Felder

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Ex Felder collection. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisch Museum, Maastricht (NHM).

Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy. 1986. The ammonite fauna of the type Maastrichtian with a revision of Ammonites colligatus Binkhorst, 1861. Bull. Inst. r. Sci. nat. Belg.: Science de la Terre 56:151-267 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82922: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.08.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to representative, common, and biostratigraphically important ammonoids and belemnites. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
"Hoplitoplacenticeras cf. coesfeldiense" = Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) coesfeldiense
"Hoplitoplacenticeras cf. coesfeldiense" = Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) coesfeldiense Schluter 1867 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Trachyscaphites spiniger Schlüter 1872 ammonite