Hohenlimburg I. Volmeburgstraße in Hagen-Delstern (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (51.3° N, 7.5° E: paleocoordinates 22.5° S, 7.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wesselbach Formation, Early/Lower Givetian (388.1 - 383.7 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; shelly/skeletal limestone

• Kalklinse im oberen teil der Wesselbach. Reichlich Riffbildner. (Limestone lens in the upper part of the Wesselbach. Plenty of reef builders.)

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Basse, L. Koch, and U. Lemke. 2016. Dechenella burmeisteri emstae n. ssp. und verwandte Taxa im nördlichen Schelf des Rheia-Ozeans (Mitteldevon: Givetium; Trilobita: Proetida; Rhenoherzynikum). Dortmunder Beiträge zur Landeskunde. Naturwissenschaftliche Mitteilungen 47:161-199 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 229523: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 14.03.2023

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Dechenella burmeisteri, Dechenella delsternensis
Dechenella burmeisteri Richter 1909 trilobite
Dechenella delsternensis Basse 1996 trilobite
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalus sp.
Euomphalus sp. Sowerby 1814 snail
Highly sculptured