Quarry Bosenberg, near Station Vorhelm, Nordrhein-Westfalen: Late/Upper Campanian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Echinocorys ovatus Leske 1778
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Micraster glyphus Schluter 1869
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Lamna sp. Cuvier 1816
2 m long part of the vertebral column
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula cincta
Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras velledaeformis
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Hoplitoplacenticeras costulosum (Schlüter 1867)
Hoplitoplacenticeras vari (Schlüter 1872)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Pachydiscus patagiosus
Pachydiscus koeneni de Grossouvre 1894
synonym of Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) haldemsis
Pachydiscus subrobustus Seunes 1892
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Acanthoscaphites roemeri
Hoploscaphites gibbus
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites vertebralis Lamarck 1801
Baculites anceps Lamarck 1822
Cephalopoda
Rhyncholithes sp. Blainville 1827
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Nautilus darupensis Schluter 1876
recombined as Eutrephoceras darupense
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitellidae
Belemnitella mucronata (Schlotheim 1813)
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium conica
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais megaloptera
Gastropoda - Kittlidiscidae
Pleurotomaria plana Klipstein 1843
recombined as Kittlidiscus planus
Gastropoda - Patellidae
Patella sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya nodulifera
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Isocardia heintzeli
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte similis Munster 1840
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus balticus Bohm 1907
incl. I. balt. balticus, I. balt. marcki, I. balt. pteroides, I. balt. haldemensis, I. balt. ellipticus, I. balt. sublevigatus n. subsp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Syncyclonema) membranaceus (Nilsson 1827)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Cassianellidae
Ostrea bronni Klipstein 1843
synonym of Cassianella gryphaeata
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Crania ignabergensis
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina chrysalis (Schlotheim 1813)
Terebratulina rigida (Sowerby 1829)
Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
Ventriculites radiatus Mantell 1822
Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Aphrocallistidae
Aphrocallistes alveolites (Roemer 1841)
Calcarea - Calcaronea - Minchinellidae
Porosphaera globularis (Phillips 1829)
Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Jereicidae
Stichophyma multiformis (Bronn 1837)
Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Scleritodermatidae
Verruculina aurita
Verruculina tenuis (Roemer 1840)
Verruculina macrommata (Roemer 1864)
recombined as Amphithelion (Amphithelion) macrommata
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:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ahlen Member:Vorhelm
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
Lithology description: succession (<15m) of: gray marls, argillaceous marls, calcareous marls, glauconitic lime sandstones and limestones
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Geology comments: shallow sea, wave influence, varying waterdepth
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
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:64142
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2006-09-01 12:47:06 Last modified:2006-09-04 07:56:27
Access level:the public Released:2006-09-01 12:47:06
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]