Also known as ETE Locality 1606
Where: Sauerland, Germany (51.4° N, 8.6° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 17.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Barremian to Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 122.5 Ma)
• The Brilon-Nehden locality has been dated as Aptian (Huckriede, 1982) or Barremian (Schudack, 1987)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: sinkhole; claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by Wirth in 1971-1982
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, mechanical,
• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 478, 482, 480, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: R. Huckriede. 1982. Die unterkretazische Karsthöhlen-Füllung von Nehden im Sauerland. 1. Geologische, paläozoologische und paläobotanische Befunde und Datierung [The Lower Cretaceous karst cave fill of Nehden in Sauerland. 1 Geological, paleozoological, and paleobotanical finds and dating]. Geologica et Palaeontologica 16:183-242 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22727: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 29.05.2001, edited by Matthew Carrano and Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Insecta indet. Linnaeus 1758 insect | |
Orthothecimorpha | |
Polychaeta | |
? Serpulidae indet.2 Rafinesque 1835 | |
Osteichthyes | |
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Reptilia | |
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"Iguanodon cf. atherfieldensis" = Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis2, Iguanodon cf. bernissartensis2, Iguanodon bernissartensis2
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Clypeator | |
Atopochara trivolvis Peck 1938 | |
Striatriletes | |
Striatriletes aureus n. sp.
Striatriletes "n. sp." Potonié 1956 | |
Dijkstraisporites | |
Angiospermae | |
Bennettitales | |
Bennettitales indet. Bessey 1910 | |
"Coniferae indet." = Pinophyta
"Coniferae indet." = Pinophyta Reveal 1996 | |
Pinopsida | |
Pinaceae indet. Rudolphi 1830 | |
Trileites | |
Trileites sp. Marcinkiewicz 1971
Trileites "n. sp." Marcinkiewicz 1971 | |
Echitriletes | |
Echitriletes lanuginosus n. sp.
Echitriletes lanuginosus n. sp. | |
Verrutriletes | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Selaginella nehdenensis n. sp.
Selaginella nehdenensis n. sp. spikemoss | |
unclassified | |
Pteridopsida | |
Arcellites sp. Miner 1935 | |
Triletes fecheri n. sp.
Triletes fecheri n. sp. | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Equisetales indet.2 Dumortier 1829 | |
Polypodiaceae indet. Presl and Presl 1822 | |
Osmundaceae indet. Berchtold and Presl | |
Gleicheniaceae indet. Presl | |
Schizaeaceae indet. Kaulfuss | |
Cyatheaceae indet. Kaulfuss 1827 scaly tree fern | |
Cycadopsida | |
Cycadales indet. Dumortier 1829 cycads | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ginkgoales indet. Goroschankin 1904 | |
Horstisporites | |
Horstisporites wirthi n. sp., Horstisporites opalinus n. sp.
Horstisporites wirthi n. sp.
Horstisporites opalinus n. sp. | |
Paxillitriletes | |
Paxillitriletes lindstroemi n. sp.
Paxillitriletes lindstroemi n. sp. | |
Istisporites | |
Istisporites caeruleus n. sp.
Istisporites caeruleus n. sp. Huckriede 1982 |