Steinbruch im Pfaffenberg, Oberes Mühltal, Thüringen (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Germany (47.7° N, 7.9° E: paleocoordinates 14.8° S, 13.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Gattendorfia ammonoid zone, Pfaffenberg Member (Gleitsch Formation), Hastarian (358.9 - 353.8 Ma)

• "Gattendorfia Stufe" = Pfaffenberg

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Primary reference: G. Hahn, R. Hahn, and K. Gawlick. 1995. Phylogenie und Systematik von Diacoryphe und verwandten Gattungen (Trilobita; Unter-Karbon). Geologica et Palaeontologica 29:145-191 [D. Korn/D. Korn/D. Korn]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 42857: authorized by Dieter Korn, entered by Dieter Korn on 06.08.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Trilobites only
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Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Weyeraspis weyeri, Weyeraspis bartzschi, Pedinocoryphe xenadochoides, Diacoryphe (Archaeocoryphe) heden, Diacoryphe (Diacoryphe) palpebralifera, Diacoryphe (Diacoryphe) pfeifferi, Diacoryphe (Diacoryphe) schoenlaubi
Weyeraspis weyeri Hahn et al. 1995 trilobite
Weyeraspis bartzschi Hahn et al. 1995 trilobite
Pedinocoryphe xenadochoides Hahn et al. 1995 trilobite
Diacoryphe (Archaeocoryphe) heden Hahn et al. 1995 trilobite
Diacoryphe (Archeocoryphe) heden
Diacoryphe (Diacoryphe) palpebralifera Hahn et al. 1995 trilobite
Diacoryphe (Diacoryphe) pfeifferi Richter and Richter 1951 trilobite