Autobahnknoten Langenhorst A2-beds (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)

• Beds 71c and d.

• group of beds-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. These beds are 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 38298: 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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Echinoidea
  - Archaeocidaridae
? Polytaxicidaris sp., ? Archaeocidaris sp.
? Archaeocidaris sp. M'Coy 1844 sea urchin
  - Proterocidaridae
Hyattechinus sp.
Hyattechinus sp. Jackson 1912 sea urchin
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Philhedra trigonalis
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Productellidae indet., Avonia sp.
Productellidae indet. Schuchert 1929
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella "sp. 2 aff. radialis"
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetidae indet., ? Chonetes kayserianus, ? Chonetes ratingensis
Chonetidae indet. Bronn 1862
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Plicochonetes cromfordensis
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga Phillips 1836
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Tylothyris laminosa, Tylothyris aff. laminosa
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Eobrachythyris strunianus
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia sp., Crurithyris urei
Ambocoelia sp. Hall 1860
Crurithyris urei Fleming 1828
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris concentrica, Atrythyris cf. atryplicata, Atrythyris "sp. 2", Atrythyris "sp. 3"
Athyris concentrica von Buch 1834
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Anoplothecidae indet.
Anoplothecidae indet. Schuchert 1894
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina hibernica
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer aff. plicatosulcatus
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
? Ptychomaletoechia lucida, ? Ptychomaletoechia septentrionalis
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Aulacella bergica, Aulacella interlineata, Aulacella sp.
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Stenolaemata
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
Rhabdomeson cf. regularis
 Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
Nematopora sp.
Nematopora sp. Ulrich 1888
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Penniretepora cf. bipinnata, Penniretepora sp.
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Patellipora sp., Fenestella cf. compressa, Fenestella sp., Fenestella cf. paeckelmanni
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp.
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus sp.
Straparollus sp. de Montfort 1810 snail
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Ostracoda
 Myodocopida - Entomozoidae
Richterina striatula
Richterina striatula Richter 1848 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Hollinellidae
Hollinella sp.
Hollinella sp. Coryell 1928 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae
Kirkbya sp.
Kirkbya sp. Jones 1859 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae
Amphissitidae indet., Amphissites sp.
Amphissitidae indet. Knight 1928 ostracod
Amphissites sp. Girty 1910 ostracod
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
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
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Clionolithes sp.
Clionolithes sp. Clark 1908 demosponge
Coleolidae
  - Coleolidae
Coleolidae indet.
Coleolidae indet. Fisher 1962