Zimmermann Quarry, Schlade Valley, reef flat pool (Devonian of Germany)

Also known as Reef 3827

Where: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (51.0° N, 7.1° E: paleocoordinates 22.4° S, 7.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Buechel Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• unit 6b, upper part of the Buechel Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified marl

• reef flat pool
• marl lenses of irregular size and dimensions ranging from dezimeters to meters in height and length

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Bohaty and H.-G. Herbig. 2010. Middle Givetian echinoderms from the Schlade Valley (Rhenish Massif, Germany): habitats, taxonomy and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 84:365-385 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101680: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.12.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Eomegalodon sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Uncitidae
Uncites (Uncites) gryphus, Uncites (Winterfeldia) beuthi
 Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae
Stringocephalus buchi
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Nodeuomphalus sp., Straparollus sp.
Nodeuomphalus sp. Bandel and Frýda 1998 snail
Straparollus sp. de Montfort 1810 snail
 Euomphalina -
Serpulospira sp.
Serpulospira sp. Cossmann 1915 snail
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Murchisonia sp.
Murchisonia sp. d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Euryzone sp., Odontomaria sp., Buechelia sp., Devonorhineoderma sp.
Euryzone sp. Koken 1896 snail
Odontomaria sp. Roemer 1876 snail
Buechelia sp. Schlüter 1894 snail
Devonorhineoderma sp. Heidelberger 2001 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Clathronema sp., Loxonema sp.
Clathronema sp. Blodgett 1992 snail
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Bensbergia sp.
Bensbergia sp. Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail
 Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae
Palaeozygopleura sp., Devonozyga sp.
Palaeozygopleura sp. Horný 1955 snail
Devonozyga sp. Horný 1955 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Teutonophon sp.
Teutonophon sp. Blodgett and Frýda 1999 snail
 Heterostropha - Donaldinidae
Turridina sp.
Turridina sp. Heidelberger 2001 snail
 Neritoina - Plagiothyridae
Plagiothyra sp.
Plagiothyra sp. Whidborne 1892 snail
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Paffrathopsis sp.
Paffrathopsis sp. Frýda 2000 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Antirotella sp.
Antirotella sp. Cossmann 1918 snail
Crinoidea
 Cyathocrinida - Cupressocrinitidae
Cupressocrinitidae indet., Procupressocrinus gracilis, Halocrinites schlotheimii, Halocrinites nodosus
Cupressocrinitidae indet. Roemer 1954 Sea lily
Halocrinites schlotheimii Sea lily
subsp. schlotheimii