Just west of Gees (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (50.2° N, 6.7° E: paleocoordinates 24.7° S, 8.2° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Flesten Member (Ahrdorf Formation), Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• Just above Apus bentonite.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous marl

• marl and marl-limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. P. Van Viersen, H. Prescher, and J. Savelsbergh. 2009. Description of two new trilobites from the Ahrdorf Formation (Middle Devonian) at the “Trilobitenfelder” of Gees, Eifel, Rhenish Mountains. Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 79:43-53 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 216507: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 15.12.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Pedinopariops hoelleri n. sp.
Pedinopariops hoelleri n. sp. Van Viersen et al. 2009 trilobite