Kassenberg Quarry, Mülheim/Ruhr (Cretaceous of Germany)

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

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Gorgonacea -
Moltkia foveolata Reuss 1846 gorgonian
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Synhelia gibbosa Goldfuss 1829 stony coral