37Fossil sites
Ahlen Formation
Ahlen Formation in Germany: 37 fossil sites. Typical age: 84–72 million years (Cretaceous).
37Fossil sites
74Finds
84–72 million yearsTypical age
CretaceousMain period
Where its fossils were found
Cretaceous
By geological period
Cretaceous37
What was found
Mosasaurs · 1Clidastes
Ammonites · 73Pachydiscus, Hoploscaphites, Baculites, Hoplitoplacenticeras, Phylloceras, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus), Ancyloceras, Glyptoxoceras, Acanthoscaphites, Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras), Patagiosites
Towns with the most fossil sites nearby
BeckumFossil sites: 7
SendenhorstFossil sites: 6
EnnigerlohFossil sites: 3
NeubeckumFossil sites: 2
AhrenhorstFossil sites: 2
WerlFossil sites: 1
GeißlerFossil sites: 1
DalmerFossil sites: 1
VellernFossil sites: 1
OeldeFossil sites: 1
EickelFossil sites: 1
HintelerFossil sites: 1
OstdolbergFossil sites: 1
HaarenFossil sites: 1
HeessenFossil sites: 1
HoetmarFossil sites: 1
EnnigerFossil sites: 1
WarendorfFossil sites: 1
Other formations of the same period
Cretaceous
Bückeberg Formation 21Dölzschen Formation 17Schrattenkalk 15Dülmener Schichten Formation 9Brießnitz Formation 9Hesseltal Formation 7Gerhartsreit Formation 7Gehrden Formation 6Hils Conglomerate 5Subway Formation 4Branderfleck Formation 4"Cuvieri-Pläner" Formation 4Vaals Formation 4Gerharsreit Formation 4Pattenau Formation 4Schrambach-Schichten Formation 3Meißen Formation 3Essener Grünsand Formation 3Schrammstein Formation 3Baumberge Formation 3