Gummersbach X (***). Am N-Rand der Aggertalsperre (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (51.0° N, 7.6° E: paleocoordinates 23.8° S, 8.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Polygnathus ensensis conodont zone, Wiedenest Formation, Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, nodular, gray limestone

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 229637: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 20.03.2023

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Trilobita
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Charybdaspis "n. sp." Basse 1998 trilobite
 Proetida - Otarionidae
Cyphaspis "n. sp." Burmeister 1843 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
Gerastos prox Richter and Richter 1956 trilobite
Dechenella polonica Gurich 1896 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
 Phacopida - Acastidae
"Comura cf. viator" = Gudralisium viator
"Comura cf. viator" = Gudralisium viator Basse 1998 trilobite
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Pedinopariops "sp. B" Struve 1972 trilobite