Stangenmühle-Saar borehole, 620 m depth (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.2° N, 6.9° E: paleocoordinates 2.0° S, 14.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Saarbrucker Formation, Westphalian C (314.6 - 311.4 Ma)

• Lower Saarbrucker Schichten (Fettkohlenschichten), Sulzbach-Flozgruppe; Hangendes von Floz 3.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Bergschule Saarbrucken

Primary reference: P. Guthörl. 1938. Eophrynus waechteri n. sp. (Arachn., Anthracom.) aus der Tiefbohrung Stangenmühle, Saar-Karbon. Senckenbergiana 20:465-470 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 172763: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.08.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Arachnida
 Trigonotarbida - Aphantomartidae
"Eophrynus waechteri n. sp." = Aphantomartus areolatus
"Eophrynus waechteri n. sp." = Aphantomartus areolatus Pocock 1911
Bergschule Saarbrucken D/218