Where: Germany (51.6° N, 13.3° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 56.4° S, 6.3° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Tröbitz Formation, Amgan (508.2 - 504.5 Ma)
• lower Agdzian stage of the West Gondwana chronostratigraphic scheme
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; chalk
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: Well data only
Primary reference: G. Geyer, B. Buschmann, and O. Elicki. 2014. A new lowermost middle Cambrian (Series 3, Stage 5) faunule from Saxony (Germany) and its bearing on the tectonostratigraphic history of the Saxothuringian domain. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 88(3):239-262 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 162994: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 08.10.2014
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Artiopoda | |
Cambrunicornia saxonica n. sp., Protolenus (Hupeolenus) bergstroemi n. sp.
Cambrunicornia saxonica n. sp. trilobite
Protolenus (Hupeolenus) bergstroemi n. sp. trilobite | |
? Calodiscus " | |
Obolellata | |
Trematobolus "sp. A" Matthew 1893 |