Metelen 1001 well, Unit 6, Germany (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Germany (52.1° N, 7.3° E: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 8.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; poorly lithified, bioturbated, argillaceous marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: M. Hiß and A. Lommerzheim. 1991. Stratigraphische interpretation der makrofauna im Santon /Campan-Profil der Bohrung Metelen 1001 im nordwestlichen Muensterland (NW-Deutschland). Facies 24:125-128 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36816: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 16.02.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Hexactinellida
 Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
Ventriculites radiatus Mantell 1822 glass sponge
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula cf. pectinata Sowerby 1818 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana speetonensis pointed nut clam
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Inoceramus (Sphenoceramus) patootensiformis" = Sphenoceramus
"Inoceramus (Sphenoceramus) patootensiformis" = Sphenoceramus clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma cf. hoperi Mantell 1822 file clam
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
"Hauericeras pseudogardeni" = Hauericeras (Hauericeras) pseudogardeni
"Hauericeras pseudogardeni" = Hauericeras (Hauericeras) pseudogardeni Schlüter 1872 ammonite