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 | |
Porifera indet. Grant 1836 | |
Hexactinellida | |
Ventriculites radiatus Mantell 1822 glass sponge | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Nucula cf. pectinata Sowerby 1818 nut clam | |
Mesosaccella cf. foersteri pointed nut clam
Nuculana speetonensis pointed nut clam | |
"Inoceramus (Sphenoceramus) patootensiformis" = Sphenoceramus
"Inoceramus (Sphenoceramus) patootensiformis" = Sphenoceramus clam | |
Plagiostoma cf. hoperi Mantell 1822 file clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Hauericeras pseudogardeni" = Hauericeras (Hauericeras) pseudogardeni
"Hauericeras pseudogardeni" = Hauericeras (Hauericeras) pseudogardeni Schlüter 1872 ammonite |