Where: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (51.3° N, 7.1° E: paleocoordinates 16.8° S, 5.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Famennian (372.2 - 358.9 Ma)
• Bed 68
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale and lime mudstone
Primary reference: D. Michels. 1986. Oekologie und Fazies des juengsten Ober-Devon von Velbert (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge). Goettinger Arbeiten zur Geologie und Palaeontologie 29:1-86 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 38295: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 19.04.2004, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834 | |
Cladochonus sp. M'Coy 1847 tabulate coral | |
Pleurodictyum "sp. 2" Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral | |
Rugosa indet. horn coral | |
Trilobita | |
Omegops sp. Struve 1976 trilobite | |
Pseudowaribole (Pseudowaribole) quaesita Hahn and Brauckmann 1984 trilobite | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Ostracoda | |
Kirkbya sp. Jones 1859 ostracod | |
Amphissitidae indet. Knight 1928 ostracod
Amphissites sp. Girty 1910 ostracod | |
Hollinellidae indet. Bless and Jordan 1971 ostracod
Hollinella sp. Coryell 1928 ostracod | |
Richterina striatula Richter 1848 ostracod | |
Polychaeta | |
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Craniata | |
Strophomenata | |
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga Phillips 1836 | |
Productellidae indet. Schuchert 1929 | |
Schuchertella "sp. 1 aff. radialis" Girty 1904
Schuchertella "sp. 2 aff. radialis" Girty 1904 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Crurithyris urei Fleming 1828 | |
Anoplothecidae indet. Schuchert 1894 | |
Atrythyris cf. atryplicata, Atrythyris "sp. 3", Athyris concentrica, "? Cleiothyridina ? royssii" = Cleiothyridina deroissyi
Athyris concentrica von Buch 1834
"? Cleiothyridina ? royssii" = Cleiothyridina deroissyi Leveille 1835 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Euomphalidae sp. 2 White 1877 snail
Euomphalidae "sp. 2" White 1877 snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
Dolorthoceras sp. Miller 1931 | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
? Cosmetocrinus sp. Kirk 1941 Sea lily | |
Echinoidea | |
? Archaeocidaris sp. M'Coy 1844 sea urchin |