Kastert (NHMM collection) (Cretaceous of Netherlands)

Where: Netherlands (51.2° N, 5.8° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 38.8° N, 15.2° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Maastricht Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: chalk

• lithology described as a chalk

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht (NHMM)

Primary reference: J. F. Geys. 1980. Phymosomatoid echinoids from the Campanian and the Maastrichtian of Belgium and the Netherlands. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 54:199-224 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196822: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.10.2018

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Calycina - Phymosomatidae
"Gauthieria broecki" = Gauthieria radiata broecki
"Gauthieria broecki" = Gauthieria radiata broecki Lambert 1897 sea urchin
 Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Codiopsis bruni Lambert 1914 sea urchin