First record of Pachydiscus noetlingi Kennedy, 1999 (Ammonoidea) from the Maastrichtian type area (the Netherlands)

  • J.W.M. Jagt Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht, P.O. Box 882, NL-6200 AW Maastricht, the Netherlands; e-mail:john.jagt@maastricht.nl
  • W.J. Kennedy Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW, United Kingdom; e-mail:Jim.Kennedy@earth.ox.ac.uk
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016774600020898
Keywords: ammonites, Maastrichtian, Late Cretaceous, the Netherlands, faunal incursions

Abstract

Two specimens of a pachydiscid ammonite, a fragmentary silicified phragmocone from the Kunrade Limestone facies at Kunrade (Schunck), and a partial external mould preserved in flint from the Nekum Member (both Maastricht Formation, Belemnitella junior Zone of authors) at the former Blom quarry (Berg en Terblijt), are identified as Pachydiscus (P.) noetlingi Kennedy, 1999, a species previously known only from the Upper Maastrichtian of Baluchistan (Pakistan). This new record underscores the proposal of incursions of Tethyan biota into the type area of the Maastrichtian Stage, previously documented for other groups, including echinoderms and bivalves, as well.

Published
2003-08-01
How to Cite
J.W.M. Jagt, & W.J. Kennedy. (2003). First record of Pachydiscus noetlingi Kennedy, 1999 (Ammonoidea) from the Maastrichtian type area (the Netherlands). Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 82, 303-307. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016774600020898
Issue
Volume 82 - 2003
Section
Regular paper
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