Bräke, Sauerland, Germany (Devonian of Germany)

Also known as Reef 1480

Where: Germany (51.3° N, 7.7° E: paleocoordinates 23.5° S, 8.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-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 reef rocks

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: 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 25368: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 10.09.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
? Smithiphyllum sp. Birenheide 1962 horn coral
 Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
 Favositida - Coenitidae
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
 Favositida - Favositidae
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora polyforata tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Roemerolites brevis tabulate coral
subspecies rhiphaeus
Stromatoporoidea
 Clathrodictyida - Gerronostromatidae
Gerronostroma lemniscum stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Dendrostroma fibrosum stromatoporoid sponge
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Pteraspidomorpha
 Pteraspidiformes - Protaspididae