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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Cornuproetus meinkenbrachiensis trilobite
Gerastos cf. prox Richter and Richter 1956 trilobite | |
"Comura cf. viator" = Gudralisium viator
"Comura cf. viator" = Gudralisium viator Basse 1998 trilobite |