Boeckenfoerde near Oelde, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.8° N, 8.2° 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)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified marl

• shallow sea, wave influence, varying waterdepth
• succession (<3m) of: soft argillaceous marl, soft marl, soft limestone and 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 64140: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.09.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Belemnitellidae
 Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea subglabra Orbigny 1850 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Ostreida - Cassianellidae
"Ostrea bronni" = Cassianella gryphaeata
"Ostrea bronni" = Cassianella gryphaeata Münster 1841 oyster