PBDB Collection

Copper Shale T1 depth 420-422m Rossenray I schaft Kamp-Lintfort (Permian of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.5° N, 6.5° E: paleocoordinates 15.2° N, 20.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Copper Shale Formation (Werra Group), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, blue, sandy shale

• The Copper Shale is a 1,5-2 m thick gray-blue, layered, fine sandy, marly shale

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•In German: Der Kupferschiefer ist als graublauer, gebaendeter, sehr feinsandiger mergelschiefer ausgebildet und 1,5-2 m maechtig

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, mechanical,

Primary reference: H. Grebe and H. J. Schweitzer. 1964. Die Sporae dispersae des niederrheinischen Zechsteins. Fortschritte in der Geologie von Rheinland und Westfalen 12:201-224 [C. Looy/C. Looy/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26241: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Cindy Looy on 09.10.2002

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Culleisporites cf. densus, Illenites delasaucei n. sp. Culleisporites cf. densus Leschik 1956 rare Illenites delasaucei n. sp. (Potonie and Klaus 1954) new comb. Grebe and Schweitzer 1964 10-40 %
Pinopsida
Pinales - Pinaceae	Pityosporites zapfei Pityosporites zapfei Potonie and Klaus 1954 rare

Coniferales - Podocarpaceae	Platysaccus papilionis Platysaccus papilionis podocarp Potonie and Klaus 1954 1-15%
Voltziopsida
Voltziales -	Pseudovoltzia liebeana Pseudovoltzia liebeana Geinitz 1880 (Geinitz) Florin
Polypodiopsida
Equisetales - Equisetidae	Neocalamites mansfeldicus Neocalamites mansfeldicus Weigelt
Sphenopteridae
- Sphenopteridae	Sphenopteris kukukiana Sphenopteris kukukiana Gothan and Nagelhard
Ullmannia
-	Ullmannia bronni, Ullmannia frumentaria Ullmannia bronni Goeppert Ullmannia frumentaria (Schlotheim) Goeppert
Peltaspermopsida
Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae	Callipteris martinsi Callipteris martinsi (Kurtze) Zeiller
Klausipollenites
-	Klausipollenites schaubergeri Klausipollenites schaubergeri (Potonie and Klaus 1954) Jansonius up to 38%
Striatites
-	Striatites richteri Striatites richteri (Klaus 1955) Potonie 1958 often higher than 10%
Lueckisporites
-	Lueckisporites virkkiae, Lueckisporites noviaulensis Lueckisporites virkkiae Potonie and Klaus 1954 2-10% Lueckisporites noviaulensis (Leschik 1956) Potonie 1958 3-15%
Endosporites
-	cf. Endosporites sp. cf. Endosporites sp. Wilson and Coe Wilson and Coe 1940
Nuskoisporites
-	Nuskoisporites dulhuntyi Nuskoisporites dulhuntyi Potonie and Klaus 1954 rare
Ginkgocycadophytus
-	cf. Ginkgocycadophytus sp. cf. Ginkgocycadophytus sp. Samoilovitch 1953 Samoilowitz 1953 (syn. Entlyssa Naumova 1937) very rare
Florinites
-	cf. Florinites sp. cf. Florinites sp. Schopf et al. Schopf, Wilson and Bentall 1944