Autobahnknoten Langenhorst (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (51.3° N, 7.1° E: paleocoordinates 15.9° S, 5.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Late Fammenian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous shale and lime mudstone

• LITHOLOGY: Micrite, siltstone, sandstone, shale, and calcareous shale, and some micrite and oomicrite. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens and facies descriptions.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected in 1920's

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Unknown, late 1920's. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.

Primary reference: M. R. W. Amler. 1992. Shallow marine bivalves at the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary from the Velbert Anticline (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge). Annales de la Societie géologique de Belgique 115(2):405-423 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/B. Seuss]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 162207: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalves; conodonts, echinoderms, brachiopods also said to be present. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with only limited species-resolution identifications.
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Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo antiqua, Palaeoneilo "sp. 1", Palaeoneilo cf. emarginata, Palaeoneilo lirata
Palaeoneilo "sp. 1" Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
Palaeoneilo cf. emarginata Conrad 1841 clam
Palaeoneilo lirata Phillips 1841 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Paracyclas sp.
Paracyclas sp. Hall 1843 clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sp.
Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp.
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon cf. meridionalis, Parallelodon "sp. 1", Parallelodon "sp. 2"
Parallelodon "sp. 1" Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
Parallelodon "sp. 2" Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinodesma (Actinodesma) angulosa, Leptodesma (Leptodesma) cultellatum, Leptodesma (Leptodesma) cf. eberti, Leptodesma (Leptodesma) anatinum
Leptodesma (Leptodesma) anatinum Whidborne 1897 oyster
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopecten polytrichus, Pterinopecten aff. eximius, Pterinopecten mundus, "Vertumnia sp." = Pterinopecten (Vertumnia)
Pterinopecten mundus Whidborne 1897 scallop
"Vertumnia sp." = Pterinopecten (Vertumnia) scallop
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten halli, Aviculopecten cf. nexilis, Aviculopecten cf. aguisgranensis, Aviculopecten aff. serratus, Aviculopecten aff. clathratus, Undopecten "sp. 1"
Undopecten "sp. 1" Waterhouse 1982 scallop
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Acanthopecten sp.
Acanthopecten sp. Girty 1903 scallop
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblochondria sp., Streblopteria piltonensis
Streblochondria sp. Newell 1938 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Palaeolima sp.
Palaeolima sp. Hind 1903 file clam
 Pectinida -
Fasciculiconcha transversa, Newellipecten austeni
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Pernopecten sp.
Pernopecten sp. Winchell 1865 scallop
 Pectinida - Euchondriidae
Euchondria beushauseni, Euchondria vera
Euchondria vera Drevermann 1902 scallop