Doberlug well, section 1630/79, bioherm, Germany (Cambrian of Germany)

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

• Calcimicrobe-Archaecyath association

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
  - Chabakoviacea
Renalcis sp. Vologdin 1932
Archaeocyatha
 Capsulocyathida - Coscinocyathidae
Coscinocyathus germanicus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Asterocyathidae
Erismacoscinus sp. Debrenne 1958 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ethmocyathidae
Afiacyathus paracompositus archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
Protopharetra gemmata archaeocyath sponge
Epiphyton
  - Ludloviaceae
Epiphyton sp. Bornemann 1886