Where: Limburg, Netherlands (50.8° N, 5.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.2° N, 3.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Meerssen Member (Maastricht Formation), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• bed IVf-7, lowermost Danian
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. Leloux. 1999. Numerical distribution of Santonian to Danian corals (Scleractinia, Octocorallia) of southern Limburg, the Netherlands. Geologie en Mijnbouw 78:191-195 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 85275: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.12.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Graphularia sp. sea pen | |
Diploctenium cordatum Goldfuss 1827 stony coral | |
"Placosmilia robusta" = Peplosmilia latona
"Placosmilia robusta" = Peplosmilia latona Felix 1903 stony coral | |
"Montastrea rotula" = Paraplacocoenia rotula
"Montastrea rotula" = Paraplacocoenia rotula Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
Actinastrea geminata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
Dimorphastrea solida Umbgrove 1925 stony coral |