Gummersbach (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Nordwest Westfalen, Germany (51.0° N, 7.6° E: paleocoordinates 23.2° S, 7.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wiedenest Formation, Late/Upper Eifelian (389.6 - 387.7 Ma)

• upper part: considered Givetian in paper, but now well within Eifelian.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: B. R. Schöne, M. Basse, and A. May. 1999. Korrelationen des Eifelium/Givetium-Grenzbereichs im Rheinischen Schiefergebirge. Senckenbergiana lethaea 77(1):233-242 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 235168: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 07.06.2024

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Gerastos cf. prox Richter and Richter 1956 trilobite
 Phacopida - Acastidae
"Comura cf. viator" = Gudralisium viator
"Comura cf. viator" = Gudralisium viator Basse 1998 trilobite