IVf-7, Geulhemmerberg (Paleocene of Netherlands)

Where: Netherlands (50.9° N, 5.8° E: paleocoordinates 44.2° N, 3.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Meerssen Member, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: carbonate

• lithology described as a calcarenite

Primary reference: J. W. M. Jagt. 1996. Late Maastrichtian and Early Palaeocene index macrofossils in the Maastrichtian type area (SE Netherlands, NE Belgium). Geologie en Mijnbouw 75:153-162 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3122: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 27.07.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Anthozoa
 Pennatulacea -
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomiidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema haeggi Dhondt 1971 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Microchlamys pulchella" = Dhondtichlamys
"Microchlamys pulchella" = Dhondtichlamys scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Acutostrea sp. Vyalov 1936 oyster
Rhynchonellata
 Thecideida - Thecideidae
? Lacazella sp. Munier-Chalmas 1881
originally entered as "Lacazella? sp."
 Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
ex gr. Terebratulina chrysalis Schlotheim 1813
originally entered as "Terebratulina gr. chrysalis"
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Pyrgopolon mosae
Pyrgopolon mosae mosae
Pyrgopolon sp. de Montfort 1808
Malacostraca
 Decapoda -
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802 decapod
 Decapoda - Calappidae
Calappidae indet. De Haan 1833 box crab
Crinoidea
 Articulata -
Comatulida indet. Clark 1908 Feather star
brachials
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida -
Cidaroida indet. Claus 1880 pencil urchin
spines - originally entered as "Cidaroida sp."
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Temnocidaris danica Desor 1855 pencil urchin
 Cidaroida - Psychocidaridae
Tylocidaris hardouini pencil urchin
 Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
 Calycina -
Phymosomatoida indet. Mortensen 1904 sea urchin
spines - originally entered as "Phymosomatoida sp."
 Calycina - Phymosomatidae
Gauthieria sp. Lambert 1891 sea urchin
spine
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Palaeohypotodus bronni sand tiger shark
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -