Boeckenfoerde near Oelde, Nordrhein-Westfalen: Early/Lower Campanian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Pachydiscus stobaei
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitellidae
Actinocamax quadratus
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea subglabra (Orbigny 1850)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Cassianellidae
Ostrea bronni Klipstein 1843
synonym of Cassianella gryphaeata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Syncyclonema) membranaceus (Nilsson 1827)
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 51.8° North, 8.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.4° North, 9.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Early/Lower Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ahlen Member:Stromberg
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
Lithology description: succession (<3m) of: soft argillaceous marl, soft marl, soft limestone and limestone
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Geology comments: shallow sea, wave influence, varying waterdepth
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Most specimens were collected by the author himself from the 1930s to the 1960s. Lists also include some additional material from museum collections.
Metadata
Database number:64140
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-09-01 12:16:45 Last modified:2006-09-04 07:55:11
Access level:the public Released:2006-09-01 12:16:45
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18396. R. Giers. 1964. Die Großfauna der Mukronatenkreide (unteres Obercampan) im östlichen Münsterland. Fortschr. Geol. Rheinld. u. Westf. 7:213-294 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]