Clay Pit, Engelbostel, Hannover (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Germany (52.4° N, 9.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 18.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Endemoceras amblygonium ammonoid zone, Early/Lower Hauterivian (136.4 - 130.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Malzahn. 1979. Apseudes giganteus nov. spec. — die erste Scherenassel aus der Kreide. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien 82:67-81 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91586: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 04.10.2009, edited by Richard Butler, Loic Villier, Valentin Fischer and Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Mecochiridae
 Decapoda - Erymidae
"Eryma sulcata" = Eryma sulcatum
"Eryma sulcata" = Eryma sulcatum Harbort 1905 decapod
 Decapoda - Nephropidae
Hoploparia dentata Roemer 1841 clawed lobster
 Tanaidacea - Cretitanaidae
"Ophthalmapseudes giganteus n. sp." = Cretitanais giganteus
"Ophthalmapseudes giganteus n. sp." = Cretitanais giganteus Malzahn 1979
 Tanaidacea - Jurapseudidae
Carlclausus emersoni n. gen. n. sp.5
Carlclausus emersoni n. gen. n. sp.5 Schram et al. 1986
Most of non-holotype material of Ophthalmapseudes giganteus Malzahn
Thecostraca
 Verrucomorpha - Pycnolepadidae
Pedupycnolepas pulcher n. sp.1 Gale 2019 barnacle
 Pollicipomorpha - Zeugmatolepadidae
Etcheslepas borealis1 Collins 1990 barnacle
Martillepas decoratus n. sp.1 Gale 2019 barnacle
Martillepas hausmanni1 Koch and Dunker 1837 barnacle
 Scalpellomorpha - Scalpellidae
Jaegerscalpellum elegans n. sp.1 Gale 2019 barnacle
Asteroidea
 Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Pentasteria sp.3 Valette 1929 sea star
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Goniasteridae indet.6 Forbes 1841 sea star
Chondrichthyes
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark
 Squaliformes - Somniosidae
Centroscymnus sp. Barbosa du Bocage and Brito Capello 1864 sleeper shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyllium cf. tumidens Woodward 1889 cat shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Lamna sp. Cuvier 1816 mackerel shark
Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria -
Ichthyosauria indet.2 de Blainville 1835 ichthyosaur
Anterior caudal centrum
 Ichthyosauria - Ichthyosauridae
Ichthyosaurus sp.4 Koenig 1818 ichthyosaur
Rib fragment
 Pterosauria -
Ornithocheirus wiedenrothi n. sp.7 Wild 1990 pterosaur
SMNS 56628, fragmentary cranial and postcranial material