Also known as Reef 2723
Where: Brandenburg, Germany (51.6° N, 13.6° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 51.4° S, 5.9° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Torgau Member (Zwethau Formation), Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)
• Based on trilobites and archaeocyaths (Elicki 1994)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bindstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
• Well data only
Primary reference: O. Elicki. 1999. Palaeoecological significance of calcimicrobial communities during ramp evolution: an example from the Lower Cambrian of Germany. Facies 41:27-40 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 24192: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 02.08.2002
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Renalcis | |
Renalcis sp. Vologdin 1932 | |
Archaeocyatha | |
Coscinocyathus germanicus archaeocyath sponge | |
Erismacoscinus sp. Debrenne 1958 archaeocyath sponge | |
Afiacyathus paracompositus archaeocyath sponge | |
Protopharetra gemmata archaeocyath sponge | |
Epiphyton | |
Epiphyton sp. Bornemann 1886 |