Ankerpoort-Curfs quarry, Geulhem Member (Paleocene of Netherlands)

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

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Geulhem Member (Houthem Formation), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• beds Va-2, Va-1 and Va-4

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• very hard calcareous rock at the base of bed Va-2

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Leloux. 1999. Numerical distribution of Santonian to Danian corals (Scleractinia, Octocorallia) of southern Limburg, the Netherlands. Geologie en Mijnbouw 78:191-195 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 85263: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.12.2008

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Cunnolitidae
"Cyclolites cancellata" = Cunnolites cancellata
"Cyclolites cancellata" = Cunnolites cancellata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Micrabacia sp. Milne-Edwards 1849 stony coral