Springe spring blocks, Sauerland, Germany (Devonian of Germany)

Also known as Reef 1480

Where: Germany (51.3° N, 7.7° E: paleocoordinates 23.5° S, 8.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Grünewiese Member (Ihmert Formation), Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• Age based on brachiopods

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bindstone and lithified bafflestone

• Blocks of biostromal limestones with coverstones that pass laterally into crinoid debris limestones. Thin bafflestones intercalated

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: A. May. 1992. Paleoecology of upper Eifelian and lower Givetian coral limestones in the northwestern Sauerland (Devonian; Rhenish Massif). Facies 26:103-116 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 25365: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 10.09.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Complete
unclassified
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Rothpletzella
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Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella problematica Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites edwardsi tabulate coral
 Favositida - Coenitidae
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora angusta tabulate coral
Thamnopora urensis tabulate coral
subspecies spinulosa
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
 Auloporida - Romingeriidae
Remesia cf. crispa tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora parva tabulate coral
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
"Mesophyllum (Cystiphylloides) duplicatum" = Cystiphylloides
"Mesophyllum (Cystiphylloides) duplicatum" = Cystiphylloides horn coral
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
 Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
 Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Stromatoporella cf. solitaria Nicholson 1892 stromatoporoid sponge
Clathrocoilona obliterata Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
? Stictostroma sp. Parks 1936 stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma stellulatum Nicholson 1885 stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Gerronostromatidae
Gerronostroma lemniscum stromatoporoid sponge
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
"Spinatrypa (Invertrypa) kelusiana" = Invertrypa kelusiana
"Spinatrypa (Invertrypa) kelusiana" = Invertrypa kelusiana Struve 1956
 Rhynchonellida - Ladogiidae
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Bivalvia
 Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
Megalodontidae indet. Morris 1853 clam
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Trilobita
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Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Beresellaceae
Kamaena sp. Antropov 1967
 Life -
"Wetheredella silurica" = Allonema silurica
"Wetheredella silurica" = Allonema silurica Wood 1948
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Palaeocancellus
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Palaeocancellus sp. Derville 1952
 Ichnofossils -
Trypanites sp. Mägdefrau 1932
Rhaphidopora
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