Steinbruch Rauen, Kassenberg Quarry, Mülheim/Ruhr: Cenomanian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Choristodera indet.
(Cope 1876)
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Reiss et al. 2018 | |||||||||
RE 551.763.310 A 1448 (dorsal vertebra) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Protostegidae
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Protostegidae indet.
Cope 1873
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Sachs et al. 2016 | |||||||||
RE 551.763.310 A 7550-7553 | ||||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Onychocellidae
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Ehrhardina pikeae n. sp.
Martha and Taylor 2016
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Martha and Taylor 2016 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cycloneritida
- Neritopsidae
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Neritopsis kasei n. sp.
Kiel and Bandel 2004
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Avellana sp.
d'Orbigny 1842
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Eucyclidae
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Onkospira perrilliatae n. sp.
Kiel and Bandel 2004
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5 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Chilodontaidae
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? Chilodonta sp.
Etallon 1859
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Pleurotomariidae
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Conotomaria percevali
Cox 1960
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5 individuals | |||||||||
Pleurotomaria sp.
Defrance 1826
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3 individuals | |||||||||
Bathrotomaria sp.
Cox 1956
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1 individual | |||||||||
Bathrotomaria harasewychi n. sp.
Kiel and Bandel 2004
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3 individuals | |||||||||
Bathrotomaria dixoni
Cox 1960
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24 individuals | |||||||||
Bathrotomaria velata
(Goldfuss 1844)
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5 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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? Emarginula informal sp. 1
Lamarck 1801
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1 individual | |||||||||
? Emarginula informal sp. 2
Lamarck 1801
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gastropoda
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Frydatinus n. gen. scheeri
(Bandel and Fryda 1998)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cirridae
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Hamusina kahrsi
Bandel 1993
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50 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Discohelicidae
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Delpeya hilperti n. sp.
Kiel and Bandel 2004
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3 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Monodonta marcaisi
(d'Orbigny 1842)
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11 individuals | |||||||||
Tectus cf. guerangeri
(d'Orbigny 1842)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Tectus aff. vulgatus
(Reuss 1854)
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17 individuals | |||||||||
Trochus rauenorum n. sp.
Kiel and Bandel 2004
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1 individual | |||||||||
Trochus sarthinus
d'Orbigny 1842
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Thalotia scrubiculata
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110 individuals | |||||||||
Margarella (Promargarita) spiraloides n. sp.
Kiel and Bandel 2004
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10 individuals | |||||||||
Margarella (Promargarita) trochoides n. sp.
Kiel and Bandel 2004
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3 individuals | |||||||||
? Calliostoma sp.
Swainson 1840
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Solariellidae
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Solariella sp.
Wood 1842
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Margarites sp.
Gray 1847
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Semisolarium boehmi n. sp.
Kiel and Bandel 2004
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Deikella ruhrensis n. sp.
Kiel and Bandel 2004
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17 individuals | |||||||||
? Deikella muelheimensis n. sp.
Kiel and Bandel 2004
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1 individual | |||||||||
Deikella spinicostata n. gen., n. sp.
Kiel and Bandel 2004
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6 individuals | |||||||||
Marmorostoma sp.
(Swainson 1829)
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1 individual | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Turbo (Marmarostoma) | ||||||||||
Angaria coronata
(Roemer 1841)
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22 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Otostoma kassenbergensis n. sp.
Kiel and Bandel 2004
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21 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Metacerithiidae
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? Metacerithium sp.
Cossmann 1906
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6 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Tympanotonus (Exechocirsus) cingillatus
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3 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Haustator cf. bauga
(d'Orbigny 1842)
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6 individuals | |||||||||
Mesalia cf. multilineata
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Procerithiidae
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Cimolithium cf. belgicum
(d'Archiac 1846)
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9 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Tylostomatidae
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? Tylostoma sp.
Sharpe 1849
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12 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Colombellinidae
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Columbellaria cf. tuberculosa
(Binkhorst 1861)
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6 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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? Aporrhais sp.
da Costa 1778
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4 individuals | |||||||||
? Aporrhais cf. pugens
(Wollemann 1908)
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1 individual | |||||||||
? Latiala cf. lobata
(Wade 1926)
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1 individual | |||||||||
? Anchura cf. dubius
(Briart and Cornet 1868)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Galeodea (Taieria) sp.
Link 1807
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1 individual | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Rhipidogyridae
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Orbignygyra sp.
Alloiteau 1952
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Löser 1994 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Thamnasteriidae
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Mesomorpha excavata
(d'Orbigny 1850)
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Löser 1994 | 38 specimens | ||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Actinastreidae
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Actinastrea actinastrae
(Turnsek and Mihajlovic 1981)
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Löser 1994 | 23 specimens | ||||||||
synonym of Stelidioseris melkarthi | ||||||||||
Actinastrea cf. tourtiensis
(Bölsche 1871)
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Löser 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Stelidioseris tourtiensis | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Haplaraeidae
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Meandraraea sp.
Etallon 1859
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Löser 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Meandraraea cf. meandroides
Koby 1898
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Löser 1994 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Meandrophyllia meandroides | ||||||||||
Actinaraeopsis cf. araneola
Roniewicz 1968
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Löser 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Camptodocis araneola | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dermosmiliidae
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? Epistreptophyllum sp.
Milaschewitsch 1876
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Löser 1994 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Siderastreidae
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Siderofungia zitteli
Felix 1891
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Löser 1994 | 13 specimens | ||||||||
= Palaeosiderofungia exigua
Reuss 1854
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Löser 2016 | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acrosmiliidae
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? Acrosmilia sp.
d'Orbigny 1849
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Löser 1994 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Amphiastreidae
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Cladophyllia aff. tobleri
Koby 1895
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Löser 1994 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Pleurophyllia tobleri | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Smilotrochiidae
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? Paramontlivaltia inaequalis
(Michelin 1845)
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Löser 1994 | 34 specimens | ||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pachyphylliidae
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Columnocoenia ksiazkiewiczi
Morycowa 1964
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Löser 1994 | 51 specimens | ||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Microsolenidae
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Dimorpharaea informal sp. 1
de Fromentel 1861
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Löser 1994 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Dimorpharaea informal sp. 2
de Fromentel 1861
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Löser 1994 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
Dimorpharaea deickei
(Boelsche 1877)
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Löser 1994 | 198 specimens | ||||||||
Microsolena kugleri
Wells 1948
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Löser 1994 | 36 specimens | ||||||||
Microsolena cf. delicatula
Wells 1948
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Löser 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Eocomoseris raueni n. sp.
Löser 1993
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Melnikova et al. 1993 | 15 specimens | ||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Latomeandridae
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Vallimeandra cf. fromenteli
(Boelsche 1871)
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Löser 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Thamnoseris ? delorenzoi
Prever 1909
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Löser 1994 | 94 specimens | ||||||||
Baryphyllia haimei
de Fromentel 1857
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Löser 1994 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Ellipsocoenia haimei | ||||||||||
Fungiastraea ? conferta
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849)
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Löser 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Fungiastraea crespoi
(Felix 1891)
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Löser 1994 | 51 specimens | ||||||||
Mixastraea westfalica
Löser 1993
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Löser 1994 | 17 specimens | ||||||||
Fungiastraea cf. frondescens
(d'Orbigny 1850)
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Löser 1994 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Periseris frondescens | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Negoporitidae
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Goniopora cf. michelini
(Reuss 1846)
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Löser 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
synonym of Negoporites spissus | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Aulastraeoporidae
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Preverastraea cf. isseli
(Prever 1909)
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Löser 1994 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montlivaltiidae
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Dimorphocoenia crassisepta
(d'Orbigny 1850)
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Löser 1994 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Trochophyllia sp.
Alloiteau 1952
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Löser 1994 | 27 specimens | ||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Stylinidae
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Adelocoenia carantonensis
(Orbigny 1850)
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Löser 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Stylohelia granulata
(Boelsche 1871)
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Löser 1994 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Cyathophoridae
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Adelocoenia pygmaea
(Volz 1903)
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Löser 1994 | 19 specimens | ||||||||
synonym of Cryptocoenia fontserei | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Helioporacea
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Polytremacis lindstroemi
Remes 1898
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Löser 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Anthozoa
- Helioporacea
- Helioporidae
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Pseudopolytremacis spinoseptata
Morycowa 1971
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Löser 1994 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Pseudopolytremacis paliformis
Löser 1993
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Löser 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
unclassified
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Acrosmilia patellata
(Michelin 1845)
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Löser 1994 | 43 specimens | ||||||||
synonym of Placoseris eturbensis | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Germany | State/province: | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Coordinates: | 51.4° North, 6.9° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.4° North, 7.4° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
Key time interval: | Cenomanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: corals from Lower Cenomanian |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
Lithology description: hard, yellow to red limestone | |
Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Geology comments: deposited in cavities of the Carboniferous sandstone along a rocky shore |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 94265 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, L. Villier, P. Mannion | Enterer: | U. Merkel, L. Villier, W. Kiessling, P. Mannion |
Modifier: | L. Villier | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2010-02-15 02:53:41 | Last modified: | 2017-11-24 04:49:17 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-02-15 02:53:41 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
30543. | S. Kiel and K. Bandel. 2004. The Cenomanian Gastropoda of the Kassenberg quarry in Mülheim (Germany, Late Cretaceous). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 78(1):103-126 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
32212 | H. Löser. 1994. La faune corallienne du mont Kassenberg a Mülheim-sur-la-Ruhr (Bassin cretace de Westphalie, nord-ouest de l'Allemagne), 2. Paleontologie [The coral fauna of Mount Kassenberg in Mühlheim-an-der-Ruhr (Cretaceous Basin of Westphalia, NW Germany), 2. Paleontology]. Coral Research Bulletin 3:1-93 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] | |
59163 | H. Löser. 2016. Early evolution of the family Siderastraeidae (Scleractinia; Cretaceous-extant). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 90:1-17 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] | |
63869 | S. Martha and P.D. Taylor. 2016. A new Western European Cretaceous Bryozoan genus from the Early Cenomanian radiation of Neocheilostomes. Papers in Palaeontology 2(2):311-321 [L. Villier/L. Villier] | |
31944 | G. K. Melnikova, E. Roniewicz, and H. Loeser. 1993. New microsolenid genus Eocomoseris (Scleractinia, Early Lias-Cenomanian). Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 63(3):3-12 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] | |
67570 | S. Reiss, U. Scheer, S. Sachs and B. P. Kear. 2018. Filling the biostratigraphical gap: first choristoderan from the Lower–mid Cretaceous interval of Europe. Cretaceous Research [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
67571 | S. Sachs, U. Scheer, and M. Rabi. 2016. Reste von protostegiden Meeresschildkröten aus dem Cenomanium (Oberkreide) des Kassenberges (Mülheim an der Ruhr, Westdeutschland). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Bielefeld und Umgegend 54:32-43 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |