Autobahnknoten Langenhorst B1-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 71e and f.

• 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 38299: 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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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 - Amphissitidae
Amphissitidae indet., Amphissites sp.
Amphissitidae indet. Knight 1928 ostracod
Amphissites sp. Girty 1910 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Hollinellidae
Hollinella sp.
Hollinella sp. Coryell 1928 ostracod
 Myodocopida - Entomozoidae
Richterina striatula
Richterina striatula Richter 1848 ostracod
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata - Aisenvergiidae
? Orbipora sp.
? Orbipora sp. Eichwald 1856
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
Rhabdomeson cf. regularis
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Penniretepora sp.
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Patellipora sp., Fenestella sp., Fenestella cf. paeckelmanni
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
Nematopora sp.
Nematopora sp. Ulrich 1888
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Philhedra trigonalis
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer aff. plicatosulcatus
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina hibernica
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris urei, Ambocoelia sp.
Crurithyris urei Fleming 1828
Ambocoelia sp. Hall 1860
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Eobrachythyris strunianus
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris sp., Athyris concentrica, Atrythyris "sp. 2", Atrythyris "sp. 3", Atrythyris cf. atryplicata
Athyris concentrica von Buch 1834
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Anoplothecidae indet.
Anoplothecidae indet. Schuchert 1894
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Aulacella bergica, Aulacella sp., Aulacella interlineata
Aulacella interlineata Sowerby 1840
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
? Ptychomaletoechia cf. lucida, ? Ptychomaletoechia cf. septentrionalis, ? Ptychomaletoechia "sp. 2"
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga Phillips 1836
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
? Rugosochonetes laguessianus
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
? Chonetes kayserianus, ? Chonetes ratingensis
 Productida - Productellidae
Productellidae indet., Krotovia sp.
Productellidae indet. Schuchert 1929
Krotovia sp. Fredericks 1928
 Productida - Araksalosiidae
Whidbornella caperata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella "sp. 1 aff. radialis", Schuchertella "sp. 2 aff. radialis"
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
"Ptychomphalus intermedius" = Spiroscala intermedia
"Ptychomphalus intermedius" = Spiroscala intermedia de Koninck 1883 snail
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Blastoidea
  -
Blastoidea indet.
Blastoidea indet. Say 1825 blastoid
Coleolidae
  - Coleolidae
Coleolidae indet.
Coleolidae indet. Fisher 1962
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Clionolithes sp.
Clionolithes sp. Clark 1908 demosponge
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus sp.
Cladochonus sp. M'Coy 1847 tabulate coral
 Ichnofossils -
Cochlichnus sp.
Cochlichnus sp. Hitchcock 1858