Rügen Island, Borehole Wiek 4, unit 4, NE Germany (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Germany (54.6° N, 13.3° E: paleocoordinates 6.9° S, 7.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ivorian (353.8 - 346.7 Ma)

• lower part of unit 4 (0.80 m thick)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous shale

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 64673: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp.
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
Strophomenata
 Productida - Araksalosiidae
? Quadratia sp.
? Quadratia sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetidae indet.
Chonetidae indet. Bronn 1862
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp.
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
"Lingula" sp.
"Lingula" sp. Bruguiére 1797
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Sutherlandia sp.
Sutherlandia sp. Cocke and Bowsher 1968 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllum sp. n. sp.
Lophophyllum sp. n. sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral
sp. C
 Stauriida - Stereolasmatidae
Saleelasma sp. n. sp.
Saleelasma sp. n. sp. Weyer 1970 horn coral
sp. B
 Stauriida - Antiphyllidae
Rotiphyllum aff. ambiguum, Rotiphyllum aff. densum