Where: Germany (51.8° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 8.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Vorhelm Member (Ahlen Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
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 64142: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Calcarea | |
Porosphaera globularis Phillips 1829 calcareous sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Stichophyma multiformis Bronn 1837 demosponge | |
"Verruculina macrommata" = Amphithelion (Amphithelion) macrommata, Verruculina aurita, Verruculina tenuis
"Verruculina macrommata" = Amphithelion (Amphithelion) macrommata Roemer 1864 demosponge
Verruculina aurita demosponge
Verruculina tenuis Roemer 1840 demosponge | |
Hexactinellida | |
Aphrocallistes alveolites Roemer 1841 glass sponge | |
Ventriculites radiatus Mantell 1822 glass sponge | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Nautilus darupensis" = Eutrephoceras darupense
"Nautilus darupensis" = Eutrephoceras darupense Schluter 1876 nautiloid | |
Belemnitella mucronata Schlotheim 1813 belemnite | |
Rhyncholithes sp. Blainville 1827 | |
Phylloceras velledaeformis ammonite | |
Pachydiscus patagiosus, "Pachydiscus koeneni" = Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) haldemsis, Pachydiscus subrobustus
Pachydiscus patagiosus ammonite
"Pachydiscus koeneni" = Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) haldemsis Schluter 1867 ammonite
Pachydiscus subrobustus Seunes 1892 ammonite | |
Hoplitoplacenticeras costulosum Schlüter 1867 ammonite
Hoplitoplacenticeras vari Schlüter 1872 ammonite | |
Hoploscaphites gibbus ammonite
Acanthoscaphites roemeri ammonite | |
Baculites anceps Lamarck 1822 ammonite
Baculites vertebralis Lamarck 1801 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
"Pleurotomaria plana" = Kittlidiscus planus
"Pleurotomaria plana" = Kittlidiscus planus Klipstein 1843 snail | |
Cerithium conica cerith snail | |
Aporrhais megaloptera snail | |
Patella sp. Linnaeus 1758 limpet | |
Bivalvia | |
Inoceramus balticus Bohm 1907 clam incl. I. balt. balticus, I. balt. marcki, I. balt. pteroides, I. balt. haldemensis, I. balt. ellipticus, I. balt. sublevigatus n. subsp.
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Pecten (Syncyclonema) membranaceus Nilsson 1827 scallop | |
"Ostrea bronni" = Cassianella gryphaeata
"Ostrea bronni" = Cassianella gryphaeata Münster 1841 oyster | |
Isocardia heintzeli clam | |
Astarte similis Munster 1840 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratulina rigida Sowerby 1829
Terebratulina chrysalis Schlotheim 1813 | |
Craniata | |
Polychaeta | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinocorys ovatus Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Micraster glyphus Schluter 1869 heart urchin | |
Chondrichthyes | |
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