Gerolstein02 (Devonian of Germany)

Also known as Temporary drainage ditch on the edge of the wood near holiday park Gerolstein, at about 1000 m west from the Munterley rock.

Where: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany (50.2° N, 6.6° E: paleocoordinates 24.8° S, 8.2° E)

When: australis conodont zone, Köll Member (Ahrdorf Formation), Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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 229336: authorized by Allart Van Viersen, entered by Allart Van Viersen on 01.03.2023

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Dohmiella acanthonota n. sp. Van Viersen and Prescher 2010 trilobite