Brilon-Nehden: Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian, Germany
collected by Wirth 1971-1982

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Cypridae indet. Baird 1846
Clypeator europaeus
Charales - Clavatoraceae
Atopochara trivolvis Peck 1938
unclassified
Trileites sp. Marcinkiewicz 1971
Trileites informal n. sp.
Cycadopsida - Cycadales
Cycadales indet. Dumortier 1829
unclassified
Horstisporites wirthi n. sp.
Horstisporites opalinus n. sp.
Ginkgoopsida - Ginkgoales
Ginkgoales indet. Goroschankin 1904
Ginkgoopsida - Caytoniales
Caytoniales indet.
unclassified
Verrutriletes cf. carbunculus
Coniferae
Coniferae indet. de Jussieu
synonym of Pinophyta
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinaceae indet. Rudolphi 1830
Bennettitales
Bennettitales indet. Bessey 1910
Angiospermae
Angiospermae indet.
Pteridopsida - Marsileales
Arcellites sp. Miner 1935
Pteridopsida
Triletes fecheri n. sp.
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniales - Matoniaceae
Matoniaceae indet. Presl 1847
Weichselia sp. Stiehler 1857
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniales - Dipteridaceae
Dipteridaceae indet. Seward and Dale
Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Cyatheaceae
Cyatheaceae indet. Kaulfuss 1827
Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales - Schizaeaceae
Schizaeaceae indet. Kaulfuss
Polypodiopsida - Hymenophyllales - Hymenophyllaceae
Hymenophyllaceae indet. Link
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales
Equisetales indet. Dumortier 1829
Norman 1987
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae
Polypodiaceae indet. Presl and Presl 1822
Polypodiopsida - Marattiales
Marattiales indet.
Polypodiopsida - Osmundaceae
Osmundaceae indet. Berchtold and Presl
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniaceae
Gleicheniaceae indet. Presl
unclassified
Bryophyta indet.
Norman 1987
Lycopodiopsida - Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Selaginella nehdenensis n. sp.
unclassified
Dijkstraisporites helios
Echitriletes lanuginosus n. sp.
Striatriletes aureus n. sp.
Striatriletes informal n. sp.
Lepidotus sp. (Agassiz 1832)
scales and teeth
    = Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Norman 1987
Reptilia
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
5 specimens
Hu 1794/8-12
    = Dermatemydidae indet. Baur 1888
Norman 1987
"Peltochelys-like"
    = Testudinata indet. Oppel 1811
Joyce and Bourque 2016
Reptilia - Hypsilophodontidae
cf. Hypsilophodon sp. Huxley 1870
Norman 1987 1 specimen
    = ? Hypsilophodontidae indet. Dollo 1882
Sachs 1997
Reptilia
Iguanodon sp. Mantell 1825
    = Iguanodon bernissartensis Boulenger 1881
Norman 1987
cf. I. seelyi
cf. Vectisaurus sp. Hulke 1879
1 specimen
Hu 1794/7
    = Iguanodon cf. bernissartensis Boulenger 1881
Norman 1987
Iguanodon sp. Mantell 1825
    = Iguanodon cf. atherfieldensis Hooley 1925
Norman 1987
recombined as Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis
Reptilia - Theropoda
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
Norman 1987 1 specimen
    = ? Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
Sachs 1997
Reptilia - Goniopholididae
Crocodilia indet. Owen 1842
1 specimen
Hu 1794/13
    = cf. Goniopholis sp. Owen 1842
Norman 1987
    = Goniopholis sp. Owen 1842
Sachs 1997
Orthothecimorpha - Circothecida
Costatheca cf. lata
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
? Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Norman 1987
Insecta
Insecta indet. Linnaeus 1758
unclassified
Istisporites caeruleus n. sp. Huckriede 1982
Paxillitriletes lindstroemi n. sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Sauerland
Coordinates: 51.4° North, 8.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.7° North, 17.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Barremian
*International age/stage:Aptian - Albian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian
Age range of interval:125.77000 - 119.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: The Brilon-Nehden locality has been dated as Aptian (Huckriede, 1982) or Barremian (Schudack, 1987)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: karstic cavities in Devonian reef limestone (Massenkalk) filled with limnic-fluviatile sediments of late Early Cretaceous age (Drozdzewski et al., 2017)
Environment:sinkhole
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine_sm, ETE sed env 2: sinkhole ETE event: flood, ETE env comment: 0
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:-single event
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Collection size:18 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taphonomic analysis
Collectors:Wirth Collection dates:1971-1982
Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 478, 482, 480, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1606
Database number:22727
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer, P. Mannion, M. Carrano Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, M. Carrano, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:taphonomy,vertebrate
Created:2001-05-29 01:00:00 Last modified:2023-04-03 09:54:14
Access level:the public Released:2001-05-29 01:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
53066. R. Huckriede. 1982. Die unterkretazische Karsthöhlen-Füllung von Nehden im Sauerland. 1. Geologische, paläozoologische und paläobotanische Befunde und Datierung [The Lower Cretaceous karst cave fill of Nehden in Sauerland. 1 Geological, paleozoological, and paleobotanical finds and dating]. Geologica et Palaeontologica 16:183-242 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

78041 C. Diedrich. 2004. New important iguanodontid and theropod trackways of the tracksite Obernkirchen in the Berriasian of NW Germany and megatracksite concept of central Europe. Ichnos 11(3-4):215-228 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
84295 J. J. Hornung, S. Sachs, and A. H. Schwermann. 2023. The first record of sauropod dinosaurs from a palaeotopographical upland environment and its implications for megaherbivorous dinosaur faunal turnover in the Early Cretaceous of northwestern Europe. Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen 97:3-36 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
63442 W. G. Joyce and J. R. Bourque. 2016. A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Pan-Kinosternoidea. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 57(1):57-95 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
5691ETE 1447D. B. Norman. 1987. A mass accumulation of vertebrates from the Lower Cretaceous of Nehden (Sauerland), West Germany. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 230:215-255 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]
32089 G. S. Paul. 2008. A revised taxonomy of the iguanodont dinosaur genera and species. Cretaceous Research 29(2):192-216 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]
19329ETE S. Sachs. 1997. Mesozoische Reptilien aus Nordrhein-Westfalen [Mesozoic reptiles from Nordrhein-Westfalen]. In S. Sachs, O. W. M. Rauhut, & A. Weigert (eds.), Terra Nostra. 1. Treffen der deutschsprachigen Paläoherpetologen Düsseldorf 22-27 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
82715 R. Windolf. 2000. Lower Cretaceous dinosaurs from northern Germany: bones and footprints and the "Dinosaur-Open-Air-Museum Münchhagen". In S. Sachs & R. Windolf (ed.), First Symposium on European Dinosaurs. Programme and Abstracts 28-29 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]