Heessen, artillery range, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.7° N, 7.9° E: paleocoordinates 42.3° N, 8.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Beckum Member (Ahlen Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified marl

• shallow sea, wave influence, varying waterdepth
• succession incl. gray marls and calcareous marls

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: Most specimens were collected by the author himself from the 1930s to the 1960s. Lists also include some additional material from museum collections.

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

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64177: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 03.09.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Demospongiae
 Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae
Aulaxinia sulcifera Roemer 1864 demosponge
Callopegma acaule Zittel 1878 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Plinthosellidae
Plinthosella squamosa Zittel 1878 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Jereicidae
Stichophyma multiformis Bronn 1837 demosponge
Hexactinellida
 Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
"Hexactinella angustata" = Polyopesia angustata
"Hexactinella angustata" = Polyopesia angustata Schrammen 1902 glass sponge
Cephalopoda
  -
Rhyncholithes sp. Blainville 1827
 Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
"Dimyodon nilssoni" = Atreta nilssoni
"Dimyodon nilssoni" = Atreta nilssoni Hagenow 1842 scallop
 Ostreida - Cassianellidae
"Ostrea bronni" = Cassianella gryphaeata
"Ostrea bronni" = Cassianella gryphaeata Münster 1841 oyster
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
 Terebratulida -
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae