Autobahnknoten Langenhorst B2-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 71g-71l.

• 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 38300: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 19.04.2004, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

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, Echinozoa indet.
Blastoidea
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Blastoidea indet.
Blastoidea indet. Say 1825 blastoid
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp., Spirorbis sp.
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
originally entered as "Brachipoda indet."
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea cf. tornacensis
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella "sp. 2 aff. radialis"
 Productida - Productellidae
Avonia sp., Krotovia sp.
Krotovia sp. Fredericks 1928
 Productida - Araksalosiidae
Whidbornella caperata, Whidbornella cf. caperata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga Phillips 1836
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
? Rugosochonetes laguessianus, ? Rugosochonetes "sp. 2", Plicochonetes cromfordensis
? Rugosochonetes "sp. 2" Sokolskaja 1950
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
? Chonetes kayserianus, ? Chonetes ratingensis
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris urei, Ambocoelia sp.
Crurithyris urei Fleming 1828
Ambocoelia sp. Hall 1860
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Aulacella bergica, Aulacella interlineata, Aulacella sp.
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer aff. plicatosulcatus
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina hibernica
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
? Ptychomaletoechia cf. lucida, ? Ptychomaletoechia cf. septentrionalis, ? Ptychomaletoechia "sp. 1", ? Ptychomaletoechia "sp. 2"
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Atrythyris cf. atryplicata, Athyris concentrica
Athyris concentrica von Buch 1834
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Anoplothecidae indet.
Anoplothecidae indet. Schuchert 1894
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Stenolaemata
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
Rhabdomeson cf. regularis
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Penniretepora cf. bipinnata, Penniretepora sp.
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella cf. rudis, Fenestella sp., Patellipora sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
Nematopora sp.
Nematopora sp. Ulrich 1888
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalidae "sp. 1"
Euomphalidae "sp. 1" White 1877 snail
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae
Kirkbya sp., ? Kirkbya sp.
Kirkbya sp. Jones 1859 ostracod
? Kirkbya sp. Jones 1859 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae
Amphissitidae indet., Amphissites sp.
Amphissitidae indet. Knight 1928 ostracod
Amphissites sp. Girty 1910 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
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Omegops sp.
Omegops sp. Struve 1976 trilobite
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Pseudowaribole (Pseudowaribole) quaesita
Pseudowaribole (Pseudowaribole) quaesita Hahn and Brauckmann 1984 trilobite
 Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Brachymetopus drevermanni
Brachymetopus drevermanni Hahn 1964 trilobite
Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Pleurodictyum "sp. 1"
Pleurodictyum "sp. 1" Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus sp.
Cladochonus sp. M'Coy 1847 tabulate coral
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Clionolithes sp.
Clionolithes sp. Clark 1908 demosponge