Where: Germany (52.1° N, 7.3° E: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 8.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; poorly lithified, bioturbated, argillaceous marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Collection methods: core,
Primary reference: M. Hiß and A. Lommerzheim. 1991. Stratigraphische interpretation der makrofauna im Santon /Campan-Profil der Bohrung Metelen 1001 im nordwestlichen Muensterland (NW-Deutschland). Facies 24:125-128 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36813: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 16.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Tetragonites cf. obscurus Schluter 1872 ammonite | |
"Scaphites binodosus" = Scaphites (Scaphites) binodosus
"Scaphites binodosus" = Scaphites (Scaphites) binodosus Roemer 1841 ammonite | |
"Baculites" sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite | |
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Bivalvia | |
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam | |
Arcomytilus sp. Agassiz 1843 mussel | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Orbirhynchia sp. Pettitt 1954 |