Suhrbusch bed of the Eifelian Hills, Germany, Vallendar substage Devonian (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Eifel, Germany (50.0° N, 7.0° E: paleocoordinates 26.7° S, 5.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Gladbach Formation, Early/Lower Emsian (409.1 - 402.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; gray siltstone and sandstone

• "maximum transgression, reduced rates of sedimentation." A paleogeographic map is given in Figure 8.
• "Lower part gray siltstone and subordinate brownish gay, mostly flaggy sandstones. Middle part dominating gray siltstone with a few flaggy brown sandstones. Upper part gray and greenish gray often well bedded siltstones and light brownish green-gray dense sandstone.

Collection methods: "This horizon contains diverse faunas."

Primary reference: G. Fuchs. 1982. Upper Siegenian and Lower Emsian in the Eifel Hills. CFS. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 55:229-255 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24633: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 12.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Most common taxa are listed in text.
unclassified
  -
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Pleurodictyum indet. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida -
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Arduspirifer arduennensis Schnur 1853
Arduspirifer arduennensis antecedens
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae
Meganteris ovata Maurer 1879
 Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
 Orthida - Platyorthidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia indet. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
"Crinistrophia indet." = Douvillinella (Crinistrophia)
"Crinistrophia indet." = Douvillinella (Crinistrophia)
 Strophomenida - Eodevonariidae
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
"Iridostrophia indet." = Iridistrophia
"Iridostrophia indet." = Iridistrophia Havlicek 1965
[entered as Iridistrophia indet.]
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites indet. Conrad 1841 clam
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Stappersella indet. Maillieux 1920 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Limoptera indet. Hall 1869 oyster
 Cardiida -
Cypricardella indet. Hall 1856 clam
 Modiomorphida - Carydiidae
Carydium indet. Beushausen 1895 clam
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Leptodomus indet. M'Coy 1844 clam
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Bembexia indet. Oehlert and Oehlert 1888 snail