Site 3, Autobahnknoten Langenhorst, Asterozoans (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (51.3° N, 7.0° E: paleocoordinates 15.7° S, 5.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Wocklum Formation, Late/Upper Famennian (364.7 - 360.7 Ma)

• Highest Famennian, so should be Wocklum

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: R. Haude and E. Thomas. 1983. Ophiuren (Echinodermata) des hohen Oberdevons in nördlichen Rheinischen Schiefergebirge. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 57(1/2):121-142 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127755: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 23.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

• Michels gives greater stratigraphic resolution, so I have used his monograph for other faunal elements. Amler et al. is used for bivalves because it includes some revision.
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Ophiuroidea
 Ophiurida - Ophiurinidae
Stephanoura belgica
Stephanoura belgica Ubaghs 1941 brittle star
 Oegophiurida - Protasteridae
? Protaster ubaghsi n. sp., Furcaster aff. decheni
? Protaster ubaghsi n. sp. Haude and Thomas 1983 brittle star
Furcaster aff. decheni Stürtz 1886 brittle star
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Productella productoides