Vijlenerbosch [Zeven Wegen Chalk, Gulpen Fm]: Late/Upper Campanian, Netherlands
collected by Felder
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Scaphitidae
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Trachyscaphites spiniger
(Schlüter 1872)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Placenticeratidae
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Hoplitoplacenticeras cf. coesfeldiense
(Schluter 1867)
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| recombined as Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) coesfeldiense | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Coordinates: | 50.8° North, 6.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.4° North, 7.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| 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: | Gulpen | Member: | Zeven Wegen Chalk | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Zeven wegen Chalk, the lowermost member of the Gulpen Fm, and is overlain by the Beutenaken Chalk. The Terstraeten Sand of the upper Vaals Formation underlies the unit. AGE: Latest Campanian, on the basis of ammonite and belemnite biostratigraphy; Bostrychoceras polyplocum zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified lime mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: No specific lithological data reported in text. Probably chalk. LITHIFICATION: Lithified on the basis of figured specimen. | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine carbonate setting. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Felder |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Ex Felder collection. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisch Museum, Maastricht (NHM). | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to representative, common, and biostratigraphically important ammonoids and belemnites. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 82922 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-08-05 03:03:10 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-08-05 03:03:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27872. | W. J. Kennedy. 1986. The ammonite fauna of the type Maastrichtian with a revision of Ammonites colligatus Binkhorst, 1861. Bull. Inst. r. Sci. nat. Belg.: Science de la Terre 56:151-267 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |