Hagen-Vorhalle quarry (Hellwig collection) (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Ruhr, Germany (51.4° N, 7.4° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° S, 13.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bilinguites metabilinguis ammonoid zone, Marsdenian (318.1 - 314.6 Ma)

• Marsdenian/R2c1

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithified shale and sandstone

• Ruhr Basin; Variscan foreland basin

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: private collection of K.H. Hellwig (Hagen)

Primary reference: C. Brauckmann, L. Koch, and M. Kemper. 1985. Spinnentiere (Arachnida) und Insekten aus den Vorhalle-Schichten (Namurium B; Ober-Karbon) von Hagen-Vorhalle (West-Deutschland). Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen 3:1-132 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155259: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.04.2014, edited by Jered Karr

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Taxonomic list

Arachnida
 Trigonotarbida - Eophrynidae
Eophrynus udus n. sp. Brauckmann et al. 1985
K.H. Hellwig collection