Quarry Feldmann near Neubeckum, Nordrhein-Westfalen: Late/Upper Campanian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Aphrocallistidae
Aphrocallistes alveolites (Roemer 1841)
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus balticus Bohm 1907
incl. I. balt. marcki, I. balt. pteroides, I. balt. beckumiensis
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Hoploscaphites gibbus
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitellidae
Belemnitella mucronata (Schlotheim 1813)
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Micraster glyphus Schluter 1869
Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Echinocorys ovatus Leske 1778
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 51.8° North, 8.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.4° North, 8.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ahlen Member:Beckum
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified calcareous marl
Lithology description: succession (<15m) of: calcareous marls, marls and limestones
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Geology comments: shallow sea, wave influence, varying waterdepth
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Most specimens were collected by the author himself from the 1930s to the 1960s. Lists also include some additional material from museum collections.
Metadata
Database number:64002
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-08-29 06:58:35 Last modified:2006-09-04 07:43:22
Access level:the public Released:2006-08-29 06:58:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18396. R. Giers. 1964. Die Großfauna der Mukronatenkreide (unteres Obercampan) im östlichen Münsterland. Fortschr. Geol. Rheinld. u. Westf. 7:213-294 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]