Rügen Island, Borehole Wiek 3, unit 5, NE Germany (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Germany (54.6° N, 13.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 31.0° S, 0.4° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Chadian (346.7 - 339.9 Ma)

• upper part of unit 5 (3 m thick)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous marl and lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: D. Weyer. 1993. Korallen aus dem Obertournai und Untervisé der Inseln Hiddensee und Rügen [Upper Tournaisian and Lower Visean corals from Hiddensee and Rügen islands]. Abhandlungen und Berichte für Naturkunde 16:31-69 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64672: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Cummingella sp. Reed 1942 trilobite
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
"Lingula" sp. Bruguiére 1797
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Drewerelasma sp. n. sp. horn coral
sp. A
 Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae
Cyathaxonia sp. Michelin 1847 horn coral