Dollendorf Syncline location, Cürten Formation (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.4° N, 6.7° E: paleocoordinates 23.0° S, 7.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cürten Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• Early Givetian

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone and marl

• Dark grey to blue limestones consisting of reefal detritus or fossil fragments, and coral-stromatoporoid limestones, containing a diverse brachiopod and coral fauna
• limestones and marls

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: A. Ernst and S. Schroeder. 2007. Stenolaemate bryozoans from the Middle Devonian of the Rhenish Slate Massif (Eifel, Germany). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 246(2):205-233 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 143798: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 26.04.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
Bevocastria
  -
Bevocastria sp. Garwood 1931
unclassified
  -
Foraminifera
 Fusulinina - Bisphaeridae
 Fusulinina - Parathuramminidae
 Eukaryota -
"Wetheredella sp." = Allonema
"Wetheredella sp." = Allonema
Ulvophyceae
  -
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporoidea -
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora famosa stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora ramosa Phillips 1841 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
unclassified
  -
Cnidaria indet. Hatschek 1888
Anthozoa
 Rugosa - Charactophyllidae
Temnophyllum sp. Walther 1928 horn coral
Sinodisphyllum ? sp. Sun 1958 horn coral
Chostophyllum sp. Pedder 1982 horn coral
 Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Grypophyllum sp. Wedekind 1922 horn coral
Grypophyllum ex gr. convolutum horn coral
var. denckmanni
 Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae
Pseudozaphrentis intermissa Schroeder and Salerno 2001 horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
"Mesophyllum (Cystiphylloides) secundum" = Cystiphylloides
"Mesophyllum (Cystiphylloides) secundum" = Cystiphylloides horn coral
spp. secundum
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
Scoliopora sp. Lang et al. 1940 tabulate coral
Calcisphaera
  -
Calcisphaera sp. Williamson 1880
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Paracyclas sp. Hall 1843 clam
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Spinatrypina sp. Rzhonsnitskaya 1964
 Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
 Cryptostomata -
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella "sp. 1", Fenestella "sp. 2", Fenestella "sp. 3", Hemitrypa mimicra, "Spinofenestella antiqua" = Spinofenestella, "Alternifenestella "sp. 1"" = Spinofenestella, "Alternifenestella "sp. 2"" = Spinofenestella
Fenestella "sp. 1" Lonsdale 1839
Fenestella "sp. 2" Lonsdale 1839
Fenestella "sp. 3" Lonsdale 1839
"Spinofenestella antiqua" = Spinofenestella
"Alternifenestella "sp. 1"" = Spinofenestella Termier and Termier 1971
"Alternifenestella "sp. 2"" = Spinofenestella Termier and Termier 1971
 Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
 Fenestrata - Chasmatoporidae
 Fenestrata -
 Cyclostomata - Corynotrypidae
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Ostracoda
 Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Leperditia indet. Rouault 1851 ostracod
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Dechenella sp. Kayser 1880 trilobite
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
 Life -
Flabellia ufensis Shuysky 1973