Highlands between Braubach and Oberlahnstein, south of Koblenz (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.3° N, 7.6° E: paleocoordinates 26.6° S, 9.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

• "Spiriferen-sandstone" of upper Emsian age

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by J.J. Scheuchzer

Collection methods: surface (float)

• Repository: PIMUZ (Paläontologisches Institut und Museum der Universität Zürich)

Primary reference: J. J. Scheuchzer. 1716. Museum diluvianum quod possidet Joh Jacobus Scheuchzer 1-107 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138795: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.01.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Hysterolithus sp.
Hysterolithus und Hysterapetra in Scheuchzer, 1708 (PIMUZ 22422)
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria vulvaria von Schlotheim 1820
Hysterolithus und Hysterapetra in Scheuchzer, 1708 (PIMUZ 22422)