Where: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (51.4° N, 6.9° E: paleocoordinates 41.3° N, 7.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. Löser. 1994. La faune corallienne du mont Kassenberg a Mülheim-sur-la-Ruhr (Bassin cretace de Westphalie, nord-ouest de l'Allemagne), 2. Paleontologie [The coral fauna of Mount Kassenberg in Mühlheim-an-der-Ruhr (Cretaceous Basin of Westphalia, NW Germany), 2. Paleontology]. Coral Research Bulletin 3:1-93 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 94606: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.03.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Moltkia foveolata Reuss 1846 gorgonian | |
Synhelia gibbosa Goldfuss 1829 stony coral |