Eschenbach-Bocksberg Quarry, middle Kaub Formation (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.8° N, 7.4° E: paleocoordinates 40.9° S, 43.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: middle Kaub Formation, Early/Lower Emsian (409.1 - 402.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified shale

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Slate. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description and figured specimens.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast, original aragonite, replaced with pyrite, replaced with phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz, Germany.

Primary reference: K. De Baets, C. Klug, D. Korn, C. Bartels, and M. Poschmann. 2013. Emsian Ammonoidea and the age of the Hunsrück Slate (Rhenish Mountains, Western Germany). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 299:1-113 [K. De Baets/K. De Baets/K. De Baets]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 163366: authorized by Kenneth De Baets, entered by Kenneth De Baets on 24.10.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to Ammonoidea. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species resolution identification and modern nomenclature.
Cephalopoda
 Agoniatitida - Mimosphinctidae
Erbenoceras solitarium Barrande 1865 ammonite
Ivoites schindewolfi De Baets et al. 2013 ammonite
Ivoites hunsrueckianus Erben 1960 ammonite
Ivoites opitzi De Baets et al. 2013 ammonite