Wechsel Fm Hahausen 1 borehole depth 17m Hahausen (Permian of Germany)

Where: Germany (52.0° N, 10.2° E: paleocoordinates 16.1° N, 22.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wechsel Formation (Buntsandstein Group), Buntsandstein (259.5 - 251.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; green siltstone

• Green siltstone - In German: Schluffstein gruen

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: core, chemical, mechanical, sieve

Primary reference: H. H. Ecke. 1986. Palynologie des Zechsteins und Unteren Buntsandsteins im Germanischen Becken. Dissertation Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 1-117 [C. Looy/C. Looy/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27643: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Cindy Looy on 17.12.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Approx. 250 specimens counted
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Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales -
Densoisporites playfordii, Densoisporites nejburgii
Densoisporites playfordii clubmoss
(Balme 1963) Balme 1970 0.1-1.0%
Densoisporites nejburgii clubmoss
(Schultz 1964) Balme 1970 1.1-4%
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites vulgaris
Laevigatosporites vulgaris Ibrahim 1933
(Ibrahim 1932) Ibrahim 1933 0.1-1.0%
Lycopsida
  -
Kraeuselisporites apiculatus, Kraeuselisporites cuspidus
Kraeuselisporites apiculatus
Jansonius 1962 0.1-1.0%
Kraeuselisporites cuspidus
Balme 1963 1.1-4%
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Platysaccus papilionis
Platysaccus papilionis podocarp
Potonie and Klaus 1954 0.1-1.0%
Lunatisporites
  -
Lunatisporites noviaulensis, Lunatisporites acutes, Lunatisporites pellucidus
Lunatisporites noviaulensis
(Leschik 1956) De Jersey 1979 1.1-4%
Lunatisporites acutes
(Leschik 1955) Scheuring 1970 1.1-4%
Lunatisporites pellucidus
(Goubin 1965) Helby in De Jersey 1972 0.1-1.0%