Quarry Bosenberg, near Station Vorhelm, Nordrhein-Westfalen: Late/Upper Campanian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida
- Lychniscosa
- Ventriculitidae
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Ventriculites radiatus
Mantell 1822
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Hexactinellida
- Hexactinosa
- Aphrocallistidae
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Aphrocallistes alveolites
(Roemer 1841)
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Demospongiae
- Spirosclerophorida
- Scleritodermatidae
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Verruculina aurita
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Verruculina tenuis
(Roemer 1840)
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Verruculina macrommata
(Roemer 1864)
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recombined as Amphithelion (Amphithelion) macrommata | ||||||||||
Demospongiae
- Spirosclerophorida
- Jereicidae
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Stichophyma multiformis
(Bronn 1837)
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Calcarea
- Calcaronea
- Minchinellidae
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Porosphaera globularis
(Phillips 1829)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Lamna sp.
Cuvier 1816
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2 m long part of the vertebral column | ||||||||||
Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Micrasteridae
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Micraster glyphus
Schluter 1869
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Echinoidea
- Holasteroida
- Holasteridae
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Echinocorys ovatus
Leske 1778
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Cancellothyrididae
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Terebratulina rigida
(Sowerby 1829)
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Terebratulina chrysalis
(Schlotheim 1813)
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Craniata
- Craniida
- Craniidae
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Crania ignabergensis
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula cincta
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus balticus
Bohm 1907
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incl. I. balt. balticus, I. balt. marcki, I. balt. pteroides, I. balt. haldemensis, I. balt. ellipticus, I. balt. sublevigatus n. subsp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Cassianellidae
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Ostrea bronni
Klipstein 1843
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synonym of Cassianella gryphaeata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten (Syncyclonema) membranaceus
(Nilsson 1827)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte similis
Munster 1840
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Isocardia heintzeli
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya nodulifera
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Nautilus darupensis
Schluter 1876
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recombined as Eutrephoceras darupense | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
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Rhyncholithes sp.
Blainville 1827
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Cephalopoda
- Belemnitida
- Belemnitellidae
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Belemnitella mucronata
(Schlotheim 1813)
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Cephalopoda
- Phylloceratida
- Phylloceratidae
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Phylloceras velledaeformis
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Baculites anceps
Lamarck 1822
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Baculites vertebralis
Lamarck 1801
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Scaphitidae
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Hoploscaphites gibbus
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Acanthoscaphites roemeri
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Pachydiscidae
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Pachydiscus patagiosus
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Pachydiscus subrobustus
Seunes 1892
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Pachydiscus koeneni
de Grossouvre 1894
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synonym of Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) haldemsis | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Placenticeratidae
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Hoplitoplacenticeras costulosum
(Schlüter 1867)
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Hoplitoplacenticeras vari
(Schlüter 1872)
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Gastropoda
- Kittlidiscidae
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Pleurotomaria plana
Klipstein 1843
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recombined as Kittlidiscus planus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Patellidae
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Patella sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium conica
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Aporrhais megaloptera
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Germany |
Coordinates: | 51.8° North, 8.0° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 42.4° North, 8.9° 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: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified marl |
Lithology description: succession (<15m) of: gray marls, argillaceous marls, calcareous marls, glauconitic lime sandstones and limestones | |
Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
Geology comments: shallow sea, wave influence, varying waterdepth |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,cast |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
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: | 64142 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
Modifier: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
Created: | 2006-09-01 12:47:06 | Last modified: | 2006-09-04 07:56:27 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-09-01 12:47:06 |
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] |