Meinerzhagener Korallenkalk, Kierspe (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.1° N, 7.6° E: paleocoordinates 23.7° S, 8.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cultrijugatus Beds zone, Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• Lower Eifelian; upper Cultrijugatus Beds, equivalent to the Hohenhof Formation of northern Sauerland.

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; green, yellow shale

• The coral fauna comprises five tabulate corals and one rugose coral that document a paleobiogeographic relationship between Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The associated fauna is represented by brachiopods, ostracods, and echinoderms. The studied limestones also commonly contain calcimicrobes represented by three species. The faunal and microfacial

•characteristics indicate a shallow marine depositional environment just above the storm wave base, with a supposed depth of 20m,within the photic zone.

• greenish-yellowish shales. Limestones are represented by coral-bryozoan

•bafflestones, algal-bryozoan bindstones, and locally by pure bryozoan bindstones. Bryozoan bindstones are produced by encrusting cystoporates.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: All investigated material was collected in the quarry during excavating a new access to the Hülloch, a locally famous cave (Marks 2010).

Primary reference: A. Ernst, A. May, and S. Marks. 2012. Bryozoans, corals, and microfacies of Lower Eifelian (Middle Devonian) limestones at Kierspe, Germany. Facies (58)727-758 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144943: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 22.05.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Pachyfavosites vilvaensis
Pachyfavosites vilvaensis tabulate coral
abundant specimens
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora angusta
Thamnopora angusta tabulate coral
 Favositida - Coenitidae
Platyaxum (Roseoporella) gradatum, Coenites vermicularis
Coenites vermicularis tabulate coral
abundant specimens
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Roemerolites tenuis
Roemerolites tenuis tabulate coral
rare
 Stauriida - Stringophyllidae
Sociophyllum semiseptatum
Sociophyllum semiseptatum horn coral
spp. rolfwerneri
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Xystostrophia sp.
Xystostrophia sp. Havlicek 1965
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Alatiformia alatiformis
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistuliporella kierspensis, Fistuliphragma gracilis
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
Acanthoclema parvula
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
Leioclema passitabulatum
Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
Rothpletzella
  -
Rothpletzella munthei
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella wetheredii, Girvanella problematica
Girvanella wetheredii
abundant specimens
Girvanella problematica Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
rare