Muessenberg Bed 8 (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.3° N, 7.9° E: paleocoordinates 15.7° S, 5.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wocklumeria denckmanni ammonoid zone, Wocklum Formation, Late/Upper Famennian (364.7 - 360.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and shale

• Beds 0,1,2 (Tournaisian): green-gray limestone; Beds 3 and lower (Famennian): green-brown limestone with green shale at base; green nodular limestone; yellow-greeen limestone nodules in shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Brauckmann, I. Chlupac, and R. Feist. 1993. Trilobites at the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary. Annales de la Societe geologique de Belgique 115(2):507-518 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 218983: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 06.03.2021

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops" wedekindi
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
"Pseudowaribole (Pseudowaribole) gibber" = Pseudowaribole (Pseudowaribole) conifer gibber, "Chaunoproetus" sp., "Haasia antedistans" = Haasproetus antedistans, Helioproetus subcarintiacus, "Chaunoproetus (Skemmatopyge) tietzei" = Skemmatopyge tietzei, Waribole (Waribole) warsteinensis
"Pseudowaribole (Pseudowaribole) gibber" = Pseudowaribole (Pseudowaribole) conifer gibber Alberti 1975 trilobite
Pseudowaribole (Pseudowaribole) conifera gibba
"Chaunoproetus" sp. Richter and Richter 1919 trilobite
"Haasia antedistans" = Haasproetus antedistans Richter and Richter 1926 trilobite
Helioproetus subcarintiacus Richter 1913 trilobite
"Chaunoproetus (Skemmatopyge) tietzei" = Skemmatopyge tietzei Richter and Richter 1919 trilobite
Chaunoproetus (Skemmatopyge) tietzei tietzei
Waribole (Waribole) warsteinensis Richter and Richter 1926 trilobite