Mechernich, Sötenich-Mulde, Eifel (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (50.5° N, 6.6° E: paleocoordinates 23.0° S, 7.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Kerpen Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Basse, L. Koch, and U. Lemke. 2016. Dechenella burmeisteri emstae n. ssp. und verwandte Taxa im nördlichen Schelf des Rheia-Ozeans (Mitteldevon: Givetium; Trilobita: Proetida; Rhenoherzynikum). Dortmunder Beiträge zur Landeskunde. Naturwissenschaftliche Mitteilungen 47:161-199 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207845: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 17.02.2020

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Dechenella struvei Richter and Richter 1950 trilobite