Autobahnknoten Langenhorst A1/2-bed (Devonian of Germany)

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 71b

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale and lime mudstone

• Section consists of sandstones, siltstones, shales, calcareous shales, some interbedded micrites, and oolitic micrites near the top (starting at about bed 74). Lowest micrite is at about bed 40. This bed is shale.

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 38296: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 19.04.2004

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Taxonomic list

• I am excluding bivalves for beds A1/2 to C3 (bed complex 71), which are dealt with in collection 38266.
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unclassified
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Octacium rhenanum
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Pseudowaribole (Pseudowaribole) quaesita
Pseudowaribole (Pseudowaribole) quaesita Hahn and Brauckmann 1984 trilobite
 Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Brachymetopus drevermanni
Brachymetopus drevermanni Hahn 1964 trilobite
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Omegops sp.
Omegops sp. Struve 1976 trilobite
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae
Kirkbya sp.
Kirkbya sp. Jones 1859 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Hollinellidae
Hollinellidae indet., Hollinella sp.
Hollinellidae indet. Bless and Jordan 1971 ostracod
Hollinella sp. Coryell 1928 ostracod
 Myodocopida - Entomozoidae
Richterina striatula
Richterina striatula Richter 1848 ostracod
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp.
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Stenolaemata
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
Rhabdomeson regularis, Rhabdomeson cf. regularis
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Penniretepora cf. bipinnata, Penniretepora sp.
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Patellipora sp., Fenestella cf. rudis, Fenestella sp., Fenestella cf. paeckelmanni
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer aff. plicatosulcatus
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina hibernica
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris urei
Crurithyris urei Fleming 1828
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Eobrachythyris strunianus
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Tylothyris laminosa, Tylothyris aff. laminosa
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris concentrica, Atrythyris cf. atryplicata, Atrythyris "sp. 3"
Athyris concentrica von Buch 1834
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Aulacella bergica, Aulacella sp., Aulacella interlineata
Aulacella interlineata Sowerby 1840
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga Phillips 1836
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
? Rugosochonetes laguessianus
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetidae indet., ? Chonetes ratingensis
Chonetidae indet. Bronn 1862
 Productida - Productellidae
Productellidae sp.
Productellidae sp. Schuchert 1929
 Productida - Araksalosiidae
Whidbornella caperata, Whidbornella cf. caperata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella "sp. 2 aff. radialis", Schuchertella sp.
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus sp.
Straparollus sp. de Montfort 1810 snail
unclassified
  -
Echinozoa indet.
Echinoidea
  - Archaeocidaridae
? Archaeocidaris sp.
? Archaeocidaris sp. M'Coy 1844 sea urchin
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Anthozoa
  -
Anthozoa indet.
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus sp.
Cladochonus sp. M'Coy 1847 tabulate coral