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 36814: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 16.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida | |
Ventriculites radiatus Mantell 1822 glass sponge | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Nuculana speetonensis pointed nut clam | |
? Astartemya sp. Stephenson 1941 clam | |
Syncyclonema membranacea scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Hauericeras cf. pseudogardeni" = Hauericeras (Hauericeras) pseudogardeni, Desmophyllites sp.
"Hauericeras cf. pseudogardeni" = Hauericeras (Hauericeras) pseudogardeni Schlüter 1872 ammonite
Desmophyllites sp. Spath 1829 ammonite | |
Gaudryceras cf. mite Hauer 1866 ammonite | |
Baculites aff. incurvatus Dujardin 1837 ammonite | |
Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) sp. Salfeld 1924 ammonite | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 |