Ascheloh (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Westphalia, Germany (52.1° N, 8.4° E: paleocoordinates 41.1° N, 8.6° E)

When: Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Müller and C. Diedrich. 1991. Selachier {Pisces, Chondrichthyes) aus dem Cenomanium von Ascheloh am Teutoburger Wald (Nordrhein-Westfalen, NW-Deutschland). Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen 20:1-105 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 210063: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.05.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus dubrisiensis Mackie 1863 elasmobranch
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus canaliculatus Egerton and Woodward 1889 bullhead shark
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
"Squatina cranei" = Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei, "Cretascyllium expansum n. gen. n. sp." = Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei
"Squatina cranei" = Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei Woodward 1888 angel shark
"Cretascyllium expansum n. gen. n. sp." = Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei Woodward 1888 angel shark
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
 Squaliformes - Somniosidae
"? Somniosinae indet." = Somniosidae
"? Somniosinae indet." = Somniosidae Jordan 1888 sleeper shark
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Hexanchidae indet. Gray 1851 cow shark
Hexanchus microdon Agassiz 1835 sixgill shark
Hexanchus aff. microdon Agassiz 1835 sixgill shark
 Rajiformes -
Squatirhina lonzeensis, "Germanobatos ornatus n. gen. n. sp." = Turoniabatis ornatus
Squatirhina lonzeensis Casier 1947 ray
"Germanobatos ornatus n. gen. n. sp." = Turoniabatis ornatus Müller and Diedrich 1991 guitarfish
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Pteroscyllium nolfi n. sp. Müller and Diedrich 1991 cat shark
Scyliorhinus dubius Woodward 1889 cat shark
Scyliorhinus antiquus Agassiz 1843 cat shark
"Scyliorhinus destombesi" = Cretascyliorhinus destombesi Cappetta 1977 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Pseudoscyliorhinidae
Pseudoscyliorhinus schwarzhansi n. gen. n. sp. Müller and Diedrich 1991 ground shark
 Orectolobiformes - Parascylliidae
Pararhincodon cf. crochardi Herman 1977 collared carpetshark
 Orectolobiformes -
 Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
? Hemiscyllium sp. Smith 1837 carpet shark
Pseudospinax pusillus n. gen. n. sp. Müller and Diedrich 1991 carpet shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
? Eostriatolamia subulata Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Cretoxyrhinidae
Cretoxyrhina mantelli Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax falcatus Agassiz 1843 crow shark
 Lamniformes - Pseudocoracidae
"Pseudocorax primulus n. sp." = Pseudocorax granti
"Pseudocorax primulus n. sp." = Pseudocorax granti Cappetta and Case 1975 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon Agassiz 1843 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae
"? Cretolamna arcuata" = Archaeolamna kopingensis
"? Cretolamna arcuata" = Archaeolamna kopingensis Davis 1890 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Paranomotodon angustidens Reuss 1845 thresher shark
 Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
? Cretodus sp., ? Cretodus aff. semiplicatus, "Pseudoscapanorhynchus compressidens" = Pseudoscapanorhynchus compressidens, "Protolamna acuta n. sp." = Pseudoscapanorhynchus compressidens
? Cretodus sp. Sokolov 1965 mackerel shark
? Cretodus aff. semiplicatus Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark
"Pseudoscapanorhynchus compressidens" = Pseudoscapanorhynchus compressidens Herman 1977 mackerel shark
"Protolamna acuta n. sp." = Pseudoscapanorhynchus compressidens Herman 1977 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Cretolamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata
"Cretolamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark