Alemannia quarry, Höver: Early/Lower Campanian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida
Gonioteuthis quadrata
Niebuhr 2005
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Clidastes sp. Cope 1868
Hornung et al. 2018 1 element
Left humerus (NLMH 102.171, cast GZG.V.20235)
? Hainosaurus sp. Dollo 1885
Hornung et al. 2018 1 element
GZG.V.20324, lateral tooth crown, juvenile
Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Allopleuron cf. hofmanni (Gray 1831)
Karl and Frerichs 2018
original and current combination Chelonia hoffmanni
limb bones
Chondrichthyes - Squalidae
? Squalus vondermarcki Müller and Schöllmann 1989
Thies and Müller 1993
Chondrichthyes - Somniosidae
Centroscymnus praecursor Muller and Schollmann 1989
Thies and Müller 1993
Chondrichthyes - Etmopteridae
Eoetmopterus supracretaceus Müller and Schöllmann 1989
Thies and Müller 1993
Chondrichthyes - Centrophoridae
? Deania sp. Jordan and Snyder 1902
Thies and Müller 1993
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus ? gracilis Davis 1887
Thies and Müller 1993
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretolamna appendiculata (Agassiz 1835)
Thies and Müller 1993
recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Hemiscyllium sp. Smith 1837
Thies and Müller 1993
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Paratriakis decheni (von der Marck 1863)
Thies and Müller 1993
Echinoidea - Echinoneoida - Conulidae
Conulus matesovi
Echinoidea - Holectypoida
Echinogalerus peltiformis
? Echinogalerus hannoniensis
Echinoidea - Spatangoida
Peroniaster cotteaui Gauthier 1887
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster ex gr. aquisgranensis
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Micraster fastigatus
Micraster glyphus Schluter 1869
Micraster schroederi Stolley 1892
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Spatangidae
Isomicraster stolleyi
Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Hagenowia blackmorei
Echinocorys ex gr. conica
Echinocorys gibba
Echinocorys subglobosa
Galeola senonensis
synonym of Echinocorys
Galeola papillosa
synonym of Echinocorys
listed as Galeola papillosa papillosa
Offaster pilula
Offaster aff. pomeli
Cardiotaxis heberti
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Niedersachsen County:Hannover
Coordinates: 52.3° North, 9.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.9° North, 10.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:213 feet
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
*Period:Late/Upper Cretaceous - Late/Upper Cretaceous
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian
Key time interval:Early/Lower Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Gonioteuthis quadrata quadrata and Gonioteuthis quadrata gracilis zones
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:bioturbation,gray poorly lithified marl
Secondary lithology:bioturbation,gray lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:offshore shelf Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Glacial or sequence phase:transgressive
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:none
Associated major elements:many
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),chemical,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:31992
Authorizer:L. Villier, M. Aberhan, M. Clapham, E. Vlachos, P. Mannion Enterer:L. Villier, M. Clapham, E. Vlachos, S. Nurnberg, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2003-05-30 05:23:51 Last modified:2022-11-23 23:06:21
Access level:the public Released:2003-05-30 05:23:51
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
8570. C. Neumann, J.W.M. Jagt, and Ham. 2002. Rare Campanian echinoids from the Höver and Misburg (Hannover area, Lower Saxony, Germany). Mitteilungen des Museums für Naturkunde Berlin, Geowissenschaftliche Reihe 5:121-139 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]

Secondary references:

65938 J. J. Hornung, M. Reich, and U. Frerichs. 2018. A mosasaur fauna (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Hannover, northern Germany. Alcheringa 42(4):543-559 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
66474 H.-V. Karl and U. Frerichs. 2018. Meeresschildkröten (Cheloniidae) aus dem Campan von Hannover. Arbeitskreis Paläontologie Hannover 48:73-78 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
18537 B. Niebuhr. 2005. Das Campan (höhere Ober-Kreide) der Lehrter Westmulde bei Hannover. Arbeitskreis Paläontologie Hannover 5-14 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]
83208 D. Thies and A. Müller. 1993. A neoselachian fauna (Vertebrata, Pisces) from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Höver, near Hannover (NW Germany). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 67:89-107 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]