Near Lemförde (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Germany (52.5° N, 8.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 9.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• From the "Hügel von Haldem und Lemförde" beds, upper Senonian with Belemnitella mucronata according to von der Marck & Schlüter (1868). In modern terms, this would suggest the "obere Haldem Schichten" of middle Late Campanian age (roemeri and polyplocum zone).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float)

Primary reference: W. von der Marck and C. Schlüter. 1868. Neue Fische und Krebse aus der Kreide von Westfalen. Palaeontographica 15:269-305 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 221724: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.08.2021

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Necrocarcinidae
Necrocarcinus senonensis n. sp. Schlüter 1868 crab