Lindenhof horizon 264 (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.1° N, 8.6° E: paleocoordinates 12.4° S, 6.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Tournaisian, on the basis of radiolarian biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From horizon 264 within Lindenhof section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of sample preparation techniques.

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Not stated in text, but probably Braun. REPOSITORY: REM?

Primary reference: A. Braun and R. Schmidt-Effling. 1993. Biozonation, diagenesis and evolution of radiolarians in the Lower Carboniferous of Germany. Marine Micropaleontology 21:369-383 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90996: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.08.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for radiolarians. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
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Protozoa
 Latentifistularia - Latentifistulidae
Latentifistula aff. turgida
 Entactinaria - Palaeolithocycliidae
? Eostylodictya cf. eccentrica
? Eostylodictya cf. eccentrica Ormiston and Lane 1976 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
"Entactinia variospina" = Stigmosphaerostylus
"Entactinia variospina" = Stigmosphaerostylus radiolarian