PBDB Collection

Zechstein Limestone Ca1 depth 282-283m Hoerstgen IV shaft Rheinburg (Permian to of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.6° N, 6.6° E: paleocoordinates 15.3° N, 20.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Zechstein Limestone Formation (Werra Group), Wuchiapingian to Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 252.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, argillaceous shale and dolomite

• The Zechstein Limestone is a 20 m thick gray clay shale with clay and dolomite intercalations. It is superimposed by Werra Anhydrite (Lower Anhydrite Ald auth.). In German: Der Zechsteinkalk - ein grauer, bisweilen von Ton- und Dolomitbaenken durchzogener Tonmergel- ist in Rossenray plusminus 20 m maechtig. Er wird er vom Werra-Anhydritt ueberlagert.

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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26262: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Cindy Looy on 10.10.2002

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Culleisporites cf. densus, Illenites delasaucei Culleisporites cf. densus Leschik 1956 rare Illenites delasaucei (Potonie and Klaus 1954) new comb. Grebe and Schweitzer 1964 10-40%
Ullmannia
-	Ullmannia bronni, Ullmannia frumentaria Ullmannia bronni Goeppert Ullmannia frumentaria (Schlotheim) Goeppert
Lueckisporites
-	Lueckisporites virkkiae, Lueckisporites noviaulensis Lueckisporites virkkiae Potonie and Klaus 1954 2-10% Lueckisporites noviaulensis (Leschik 1956) Potonie 1958 3-15%
Klausipollenites
-	Klausipollenites schaubergeri Klausipollenites schaubergeri (Potonie and Klaus 1954) Jansonius up to 38%
Voltziopsida
Voltziales -	Pseudovoltzia liebeana Pseudovoltzia liebeana Geinitz 1880 (Geinitz) Florin

Coniferales - Podocarpaceae	Platysaccus papilionis Platysaccus papilionis podocarp Potonie and Klaus 1954 1-15%
Pinopsida
Pinales - Pinaceae	Pityosporites zapfei Pityosporites zapfei Potonie and Klaus 1954 rare
Ginkgoopsida
Ginkgoales -	Sphenobaiera digitata Sphenobaiera digitata (Brongniart) Florin
Ginkgocycadophytus
-	cf. Ginkgocycadophytus sp. cf. Ginkgocycadophytus sp. Samoilovitch 1953 Samoilowitz 1953 (syn. Entlyssa Naumova 1937) very rare
Striatites
-	Striatites richteri Striatites richteri (Klaus 1955) Potonie 1958 often higher than 10%
Florinites
-	cf. Florinites sp. cf. Florinites sp. Schopf et al. Schopf, Wilson and Bentall 1944
Nuskoisporites
-	Nuskoisporites dulhuntyi Nuskoisporites dulhuntyi Potonie and Klaus 1954 rare
Endosporites
-	cf. Endosporites sp. cf. Endosporites sp. Wilson and Coe Wilson and Coe 1940