PBDB Collection

St. Pietersberg, Maastricht area (RGM collection) (Cretaceous of Netherlands)

Where: Netherlands (50.8° N, 5.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 4.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Maastricht Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• limestone block

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Rijksmuseum voor Geologie en Mineralogie, Leiden

Primary reference: J. Leloux. 2004. Notes on taxonomy and taphonomy of two Upper Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) scleractinian corals from Limburg, The Netherlands. Scripta Geologica (127)313-339 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138910: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 01.02.2013, edited by Roger Benson and Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
Calycina - Phymosomatidae	"Gauthieria broecki" = Gauthieria radiata broecki¹ "Gauthieria broecki" = Gauthieria radiata broecki¹ Lambert 1897 sea urchin
Reptilia
Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae	Elasmosauridae indet.³ Elasmosauridae indet.³ Cope 1869 elasmosaur Tooth (NHMM 1993062, ex. R. Ubaghs Colln.; plate 1, figs 1-3) embedded in matrix suggesting provenance from the upper part of the Nekum Member or lower portion of the overlying Meerssen Member (Maastricht Formation)
Craniata
Craniida - Craniidae	Ancistrocrania suessi², Isocrania paucicostata² Ancistrocrania suessi² Isocrania paucicostata²
Rhynchonellata
Terebratulida - Megathyrididae	Argyrotheca megatremoides² Argyrotheca megatremoides²
Terebratulida - Terebratellidae	"Terebratella" konincki² "Terebratella" konincki²
Thecideida - Thecideidae	? Parathecidea suessi² ? Parathecidea suessi²
Bivalvia
Pectinida - Limidae	? Ctenoides vogeli² ? Ctenoides vogeli² Dhondt 1983 file clam
Arcida - Arcidae	Arca geulemensis² Arca geulemensis² Vogel 1895 ark
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Cardium subalternatum² Cardium subalternatum² Vogel 1895 cockle
Cardiida - Veneridae	Dosinia mastrichtiensis² Dosinia mastrichtiensis² Vogel 1895 venus clam
Ostracoda
Podocopida -	Planileberis lepida² Planileberis lepida² ostracod
Podocopida - Brachycytheridae	Kikliocythere labyrinthica² Kikliocythere labyrinthica² Bosquet 1854 ostracod
Podocopida - Trachyleberididae	Kingmaina cristata² Kingmaina cristata² ostracod
Thecostraca
Scalpellomorpha - Scalpellidae	Virgiscalpellum darwinianum², Virgiscalpellum hagenowianum², Arcoscalpellum pulchellum², "Arcoscalpellum gracile" = Diotascalpellum gracile² Virgiscalpellum darwinianum² Bosquet 1854 barnacle Virgiscalpellum hagenowianum² Bosquet 1854 barnacle Arcoscalpellum pulchellum² Bosquet 1854 barnacle "Arcoscalpellum gracile" = Diotascalpellum gracile² Bosquet 1854 barnacle
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Actinastreidae	"Columnastraea fallax" = Columactinastraea fallax² "Columnastraea fallax" = Columactinastraea fallax² Umbgrove 1925 stony coral
Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae	"Montastrea maxima" = Baryphyllia maxima² "Montastrea maxima" = Baryphyllia maxima² Umbgrove 1925 stony coral
Scleractinia - Latomeandridae	"Montastrea conferta" = Ellipsocoenia conferta² "Montastrea conferta" = Ellipsocoenia conferta² Umbgrove 1925 stony coral
Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae	"? Placosmilia robusta" = Peplosmilia latona, "Placosmilia robusta" = Peplosmilia latona² "? Placosmilia robusta" = Peplosmilia latona Felix 1903 stony coral "Placosmilia robusta" = Peplosmilia latona² Felix 1903 stony coral
Scleractinia - Faviidae	Favia planissima², Montastreinae indet. Favia planissima² Umbgrove 1925 stony coral Montastreinae indet. Vaughan and Wells 1943 stony coral
Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae	Placocoenia macrophthalma Placocoenia macrophthalma Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Angiospermae
Alismatales -	Thalassocharis bosqueti² Thalassocharis bosqueti² Debey 1850
-	Halocharis longifolia² Halocharis longifolia² Miquel 1853
Globothalamea
Rotaliida - Cibicididae	"Eoconuloides roestae" = Cibicides roestae² "Eoconuloides roestae" = Cibicides roestae² Visser 1950
Rotaliida - Nonionidae	"Nonionella troostae" = Nonion troostae² "Nonionella troostae" = Nonion troostae² Visser 1950
Nodosariata
Robertinida - Ceratobuliminidae	"Trochulina bienfaiti" = Lamarckina bienfaiti² "Trochulina bienfaiti" = Lamarckina bienfaiti² Visser 1950
Foraminifera
Rotaliina - Lepitorbitoididae	Daviesina fleuriausi² Daviesina fleuriausi²
-	Pseudoparrella alata², Pseudoparrella limburgensis² Pseudoparrella alata² Pseudoparrella limburgensis² Visser 1950

Ichnofossils -	Gastrochaenolites cf. lapidicus Gastrochaenolites cf. lapidicus Kelly and Bromley 1984

¹Geys 1980; ²Leloux 2002; ³Mulder et al. 2000