Üxheim (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.3° N, 6.8° E: paleocoordinates 23.1° S, 7.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Early Givetian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone and marl

• Dark grey to blue limestones consisting of reefal detritus or fossil fragments, and coral-stromatoporoid limestones, containing a diverse brachiopod and coral fauna
• limestones and marls

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: A. P. Van Viersen and H. Prescher. 2010. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of some proetid trilobites in the Middle Devonian of the Ardennes and Eifel (Rhenohercynian Zone). Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 80:5-45 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 223280: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 07.11.2021

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Gerastos eifliensis
Gerastos eifliensis Basse 2002 trilobite