Hoher Hagen, east of Neubeckum, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.8° N, 8.1° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 9.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Stromberg Member (Ahlen Formation), Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• Upper Stromberg member

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, gray marl and lithified, gray, argillaceous marl

• shallow sea, wave influence, varying waterdepth
• succession (<17m) of: gray soft marls, gray argillaceous marls, calcareous marl and glauconitic limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: Most specimens were collected by the author himself from the 1930s to the 1960s. Lists also include some additional material from museum collections.

Primary reference: R. Giers. 1964. Die Großfauna der Mukronatenkreide (unteres Obercampan) im östlichen Münsterland. Fortschr. Geol. Rheinld. u. Westf. 7:213-294 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64139: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Hoploscaphites gibbus