Jakobsberg, near Neubeckum, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.8° N, 8.1° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 8.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-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, calcareous marl

• shallow sea, wave influence, varying waterdepth
• material at least partly collected from calcareous beds of the Beckum member

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 64179: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 03.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Parasmilia centralis
Parasmilia centralis Mantell 1822 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea goldfussi, Ostrea conirostris