13: Auf dem Höchsten, Hülschotten, Selscheid Beds, Rhenish Massif, Germany (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.2° N, 7.9° E: paleocoordinates 23.5° S, 8.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Selscheid Formation, Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• Upper Eifelian, upper part of Selscheid Beds, equivalent of Selscheid Shale

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified shale

• rich in fossils

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: A. May. 2003. Die Fossilführung des Mitteldevons im Raum Attendorn-Olpe (West-Sauerland; Rechtsrheinisches Schiefergebirge) [Middle Devonian fossils of the Attendorn-Olpe area (western Sauerland; Rhenish Massif]. Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen 60:47-79 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 60140: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.05.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Goniophyllidae
Calceola sandalina
Calceola sandalina Linnaeus 1771 horn coral
unclassified
  -
Porifera indet.
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Gnathostomata
  -
? Placodermi indet.
? Placodermi indet. M'Coy 1848 armour-plated fish
Pteraspidomorpha
 Pteraspidiformes - Protaspididae
Helaspis "plexa ssp. S"
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
 Cyathocrinida - Cupressocrinitidae
Rhopalocrinus sp.
Rhopalocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1880 Sea lily
 Cyathocrinida - Lecythocrinidae
Lecythocrinus sp.
Lecythocrinus sp. Mueller 1858 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Dendrocrinidae
? Bactrocrinites sp.
? Bactrocrinites sp. Schnur 1849 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Hexacrinitidae
? Hexacrinites sp.
? Hexacrinites sp. Austin and Austin 1843 Sea lily
Ophiuroidea
  -
Ophiuroidea indet.
Ophiuroidea indet. Gray 1840 brittle star
 Phrynophiurida - Eospondylidae
Eospondylus sp.
Eospondylus sp. Gregory 1897 brittle star
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopecten (Pterinopecten) sp.
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp.
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
Devonaria minuta
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
"Leptaena rhomboidales" = Conchita rhomboidalis
"Leptaena rhomboidales" = Conchita rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula cf. calceolae
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina heteroclita
 Orthida - Platyorthidae
Platyorthis sp.
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Spinocyrtia (Spinocyrtia) ostiolata
 Spiriferida - Acrospiriferidae
Acrospirifer (Arduspirifer) supraspeciosus
 Athyridida - Kayseriidae
Kayseria dividua
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Bifida lepida
 Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae
Subrensselandia sp.
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Desquamatia (Independatrypa) sp., Atryparia sp.
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora sp.
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
"Spirorbis omphalodes" = Spirorbis omphalotes
"Spirorbis omphalodes" = Spirorbis omphalotes Goldfuss 1836
Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Pedinopariops ex gr. brongniarti