Bohlen near Saalfeld (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.6° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 13.8° S, 16.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wocklumeria sphaeroides - Epiwocklumeria applanata ammonoid zone, Breternitz Member (Gleitsch Formation), Late/Upper Famennian (364.7 - 360.7 Ma)

• UD VI-D;

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• grey limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Collected by Richter

• Repository: Bundesanstalt fur Geowissenschaften and Rohstoffe (BGR) in Berlin-Spandau

Primary reference: R. T. Becker. 2000. Taxonomy, evolutionary history and distribution of the middle to late Famennian Wocklumeriina (Ammonoidea, Clymeniida). Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaftliche Reihe 3:27-75 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 172580: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.08.2015

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Posttornoceratidae
Goniatites lenticularis n. sp. Richter 1848 ammonite
 Clymeniida - Wocklumeriidae
"Goniatites sphaeroides n. sp." = Wocklumeria sphaeroides
"Goniatites sphaeroides n. sp." = Wocklumeria sphaeroides Richter 1848 ammonite