Where: Germany (51.4° N, 7.9° E: paleocoordinates 19.6° S, 6.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Beul Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; wackestone and packstone
•examples: B5, B6, B7, B8a, B8b, B10a, B10b, samples B10c-1, B11-1, B12b;
•characteristic feature is presence of subordinate open water biota, bioturbation, dominance of fine debris, and of isolated, variably sized fragments of reef builders presenting "reef gardens"
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: S. Stichling, R. T. Becker, S. Hartenfels, Z. S. Aboussalam, and A. May. 2022. Drowning, extinction, and subsequent facies development of the Devonian Hönne Valley Reef (northern Rhenish Massif, Germany). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 102(3):629-696 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 227702: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 27.10.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Thamnoporoidae indet., Brachiopoda indet., Gastropoda indet., Foraminifera indet., Conodonta indet., Syringipora sp.
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Foraminifera | |
Anthozoa | |
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Alveolitidae indet. Duncan 1872 tabulate coral | |
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Stromatoporoidea | |
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Deuteropoda | |
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Bivalvia | |
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Crinoidea | |
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Echinoidea | |
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Flabellia | |
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