Grenzlerburg 3 (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Germany (52.0° N, 10.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 18.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hils Conglomerate Formation, Early/Lower Hauterivian (136.4 - 130.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; poorly lithified marl

• thick marly beds with sponges, echinoid spines, brachiopods, passing up into calcareous shale

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: F. A. Middlemiss. 1976. Lower Cretaceous Terebratulidina of Northern England and Germany and their geological background. Geologisches Jahrbuch A30:21-104 [F. Fursich/A. Tomasovych]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 55523: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Adam Tomasovych on 29.10.2005

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida -
 Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Sellithyris sella Sowerby 1823
S. sella lindensis
Sellithyris carteroniana d'Orbigny 1847
 Terebratulida - Laqueidae
"Tamarella tamarindus" = Psilothyris tamarindus
"Tamarella tamarindus" = Psilothyris tamarindus Sowerby 1836
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae