Maastricht area, Meerssen Member, IVf-6: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Netherlands

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Micrabacia sp. Milne-Edwards 1849
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Diploctenium cordatum Goldfuss 1827
Anthozoa - Gorgonacea
Moltkia minuta Nielsen 1918
Anthozoa - Pennatulacea
Graphularia sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Netherlands State/province:Limburg
Coordinates: 50.8° North, 5.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.4° North, 4.5° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Late/Upper Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Maastricht Member:Meerssen
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: bed IVf-6, uppermost Maastrichtian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:85274
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-12-09 07:40:38 Last modified:2008-12-09 09:40:38
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
28710. J. Leloux. 1999. Numerical distribution of Santonian to Danian corals (Scleractinia, Octocorallia) of southern Limburg, the Netherlands. Geologie en Mijnbouw 78:191-195 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]