Research Article

Eocene (Lutetian) Shark-Rich Coastal Paleoenvironments of the Southern North Sea Basin in Europe: Biodiversity of the Marine Fürstenau Formation Including Early White and Megatooth Sharks

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Middle Eocene (basal Lutetian) gravel types. (1–3(?4)) Carboniferous (Westphalian C-D, originating from the Schafberg and Piesberg mountains) quartzite variants which were already well rounded in the Paleozoic, and have only been transported a short distance since then (SCB no. Sedim-2). (5) Carboniferous conglomerate (Westphalian C-D), originating from the Schafberg and Piesberg mountains (SCB no. Sedim-3). (6–8) Upper Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) flints (SCB no. Sedim-6), consisting of Campanian “Rijckholt” flint (6-7) from the Aachen region and northern Netherlands (SCB no. Sedim-6a) and “Maas-Egg,” black flint (8) from the Maastrichtian of the northern Netherlands (SCB no. Sedim-6b). (9) Paleozoic metamorphite of uncertain origin (SCB no. Sedim-10), (10–12) red Paleozoic volcanic rocks of uncertain origin, possibly from Scandinavia (SCB no. Sedim-13), (13) Paleogene white fine-grained sandstone of uncertain origin (SCB no. Sedim-9), (14-15) Paleogen glauconitic fine-grained sandstones (SCB no. Sedim-11), and (16) Jurassic silica/iron-carbonate concretion from the Osnabrücker Bergland (SCB no. Sedim-17). (18) Jurassic or Lower Cretaceous serpulid (SCB no. Sedim-4). (19) Iron-carbonate concretion fragment with orthicon (Bochianites) ammonite negatives from the Valanginian/Hauterivian, Lower Cretaceous (SCB no. Sedim-18). (20) Middle Eocene phosphorite nodule (SCB no. Sedim-7). (21-22) Eocene phosphatic shark coprolites (SCB no. Sel-890, 898). (23) Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) platy flint (SCB no. Sedim-8). (24) Shark tooth from Squalicorax kaupi, reworked from the Campanian, Upper Cretaceous (SCB Dal-Sel-901), labial. (25) Shark tooth from Cretolamna appendiculata, reworked from the Santonian-Campanian, Upper Cretaceous (SCB Dal-Sel-882), labial. (26) Shark tooth from Cretolamna appendiculata, reworked from the Campanian, Upper Cretaceous (SCB Dal-Sel-881), labial. (27) Lower Cretaceous (Upper Valanginian) orthicon ammonite fragment of (Bochianites sp. (SCB no. Sedim-18). (28) Lower Cretaceous (Upper Valanginian) orthicon ammonite fragment, a so-called “cat paw” (SCB no. Sedim-17). (29) Lower Cretaceous (Lower Hauteriveian) ammonite fragment of Endemoceras sp. (SCB no. Sedim-22). (30) Lower Cretaceous (Upper Hauteriveian) ammonite fragment of Aegocrioceras sp. (SCB no. Sedim-22). (31) Lower Cretaceous (Upper Valanginian) ammonite fragment of Oostrella sp. (SCB no. Sedim-18). (32) Lower Cretaceous elongated burrow preserved in iron-carbonate concretion (SCB no. Sedim-43).
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