Where: Germany (51.7° N, 7.9° E: paleocoordinates 42.3° N, 8.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Beckum Member (Ahlen Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified marl
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 64155: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Echinocorys ovatus Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Micraster glyphus Schluter 1869 heart urchin | |
Cephalopoda | |
Hoploscaphites gibbus ammonite | |
Pachydiscus stobaei ammonite | |
Rhyncholithes sp. Blainville 1827 | |
Belemnitella mucronata Schlotheim 1813 belemnite | |
Bivalvia | |
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Inoceramus balticus Bohm 1907 clam incl. I. balt. marcki, I. balt. pteroides, I. balt. ellipticus n subsp.
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"Ostrea bronni" = Cassianella gryphaeata
"Ostrea bronni" = Cassianella gryphaeata Münster 1841 oyster | |
Ostrea goldfussi oyster | |
Astarte similis Munster 1840 clam | |
Hexactinellida | |
"Hexactinella angustata" = Polyopesia angustata
"Hexactinella angustata" = Polyopesia angustata Schrammen 1902 glass sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Aulaxinia sulcifera Roemer 1864 demosponge
Callopegma acaule Zittel 1878 demosponge | |
"Phymoraphinia infundibuliformis" = Phymaraphinia
"Phymoraphinia infundibuliformis" = Phymaraphinia demosponge |