Where: Germany (51.8° N, 7.8° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 8.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Vorhelm Member (Ahlen Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Collection methods: Most specimens were collected by the author himself from the 1930s to the 1960s. Lists also include some additional material from museum collections.
Primary reference: R. Giers. 1964. Die Großfauna der Mukronatenkreide (unteres Obercampan) im östlichen Münsterland. Fortschr. Geol. Rheinld. u. Westf. 7:213-294 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 63974: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 28.08.2006, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Posidonia cretacea n. sp.
Posidonia cretacea n. sp. Hosius and Von der Marck 1880 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Hoplitoplacenticeras vari Schlüter 1872 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Turbo nilssoni snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop | |
Pecten (Syncyclonema) membranaceus, "Pecten (Chlamys) inflexus" = Chlamys
Pecten (Syncyclonema) membranaceus Nilsson 1827 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) inflexus" = Chlamys scallop | |
"Lima (Limatula) semisulcata" = Limatula
"Lima (Limatula) semisulcata" = Limatula file clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Terebratula carnea" = Carneithyris carnea
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