Heiligenstock Quarry (Devonian to of Germany)

Where: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (51.0° N, 7.2° E: paleocoordinates 22.4° S, 7.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oberer Plattenkalk Formation, Late/Upper Givetian to Late/Upper Givetian (380.2 - 382.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal, carbonaceous limestone and black, calcareous shale

• “The Upper Plattenkalk Formation is composed of well-bedded or platy, dark coloured, bituminous limestones alternating with black calcareous shales. Skeletal grains are the most important constituent of the sediment while terrigenous components are usually below 3%.” (Hartkopf-Fröder 2004)

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: NRM, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden

Primary reference: B. Choo. 2015. A new species of the Devonian actinopterygian Moythomasia from Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, and fresh observations on M. durgaringa from the Gogo Formation of Western Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(4):e952817 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 197071: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 22.10.2018, edited by Struan Henderson and Sophie Fasey

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
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Moythomasia nitida, Moythomasia lineata n. sp.
Moythomasia nitida Gross 1953
NRM P.4803, P.4911, P.4921, P.4931, P.4935, P.4961, P.4964, P.4969, P.4973, P.4978, P.4982, P.5217, P.5237, P.5252, P.5259, P.5264, P.5289, P.5305, P.5311, P.5314, P.5316, P.5318, P.5320, P.5322, P.5342, P.5359, P.5376, P.5384, P.5385, P.5734, P.5966, P.5976, P.6047, P.6852
Moythomasia lineata n. sp. Choo 2015
NRM P.4848 (holotype). NRM P.4804 (entire 33 mm long fish), P.4805 (anterior two-thirds of mid-sized specimen with 13 mm lower jaw), P.4937 (entire 45 mm long fish), P.4994 (small specimen lacking head), P.5260 (entire 43 mm long specimen), P.5293 (posterior half of large specimen), P.5332 (entire 40 mm long fish), P.5718 (entire small fish), P.5964 (nearly complete ca. 45 mm long fish wanting snout and skull roof), P.6191 (disarticulated skull of a large specimen with mandibular length of 29 mm).
Osteichthyes
 Dipnoi -
? Ganorhynchus sp.2
? Ganorhynchus sp.2 Traquair 1873 lungfish
 Dipteriformes - Dipteridae
? Dipterus sp.2, Dipterus cf. valenciennesi2
? Dipterus sp.2 Sedgwick and Murchison 1828 lungfish
Dipterus cf. valenciennesi2 Sedgwick and Murchison 1828 lungfish
 Dipnoi - Rhinodipteridae
Rhinodipterus ulrichi n. sp.2
Rhinodipterus ulrichi n. sp.2 Ørvig 1961 lungfish
Holotype: SMNH P.4728
 Osteolepiformes - Gyroptychiidae
Gyroptychius sp.2
Gyroptychius sp.2 M'Coy 1848 lobe-finned fish
Coelacanthimorpha
 Coelacanthiformes -
Coelacanthiformes indet.2
Coelacanthiformes indet.2 Berg 1937 coelacanth
Osteichthyes
 Osteolepidida - Osteolepididae
Osteolepididae indet.2
Osteolepididae indet.2 Cope 1887 lobe-finned fish
Placodermi
 Arthrodira - Coccosteidae
? Coccosteus sp.1
? Coccosteus sp.1 Agassiz 1843 armour-plated fish
 Ptyctodontida - Ptyctodontidae
Ctenurella gladbachensis n. gen. n. sp.1, Ptyctodus sp.1
Ctenurella gladbachensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Ørvig 1960 armour-plated fish
Holotype: SMNH P.4813
Ptyctodus sp.1 Pander 1858 armour-plated fish
1Ørvig 1960; 2Ørvig 1961