Altena IVa. 80m SSW Altena IV (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Rhein-Westfalen, Germany (51.3° N, 7.7° E: paleocoordinates 23.5° S, 8.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Brakerkopf Formation, Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• Spätes Eifelium (Late Eifelian).

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; silty, calcareous mudstone and calcareous sandstone

• Wechselfolge von siltigen, ehemals kalkigen Tonsteinen, bankigen Sandsteinen, Kalksandsteinen, eingelagerten Kalkknollen und Kalkbänkchen. (Alternation of silty, formerly calcareous mudstones, banked sandstones, calcareous sandstones, embedded lime nodules and small calcareous bands.)

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Basse. 1996. Trilobiten aus mittlerem Devon des Rhenohercynikums: I. Corynexochida und Proetida (1). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 239,(4-6):89-182 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 229540: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 15.03.2023

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Dechenella altenae Basse 1996 trilobite