Elbingerode Reef Complex, 250 meters north of Rübeland train station (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.8° N, 10.8° E: paleocoordinates 17.1° S, 7.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Elbingerode Reef Formation, Early/Lower Famennian (376.1 - 370.6 Ma)

• Not a formal name. Palmatolepsis triangularis zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; packstone

• Brachiopod & gastropod packstone rich in brachiopods, gastropods and rare deep water corals, and debris of crinoids and trilobites. Cements include bladed and blocky calcite.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Gischler, A. Balinski, A. Fuchs and D. Heidelberger. 2004. Famennian brachiopod and gastropod occurrences on top of Devonian seamounts, Elbingerode and Iberg Reefs, Harz Mts, Germany. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 84(1/2):125-139 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49427: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 15.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus sp.
Cladochonus sp. M'Coy 1847 tabulate coral
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae
"Conocardium ibergense" = Babinicardia ibergense
"Conocardium ibergense" = Babinicardia ibergense Beushausen 1895
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
"Holopea ruchholzi n. sp." = Naticopsis ruchholzi
"Holopea ruchholzi n. sp." = Naticopsis ruchholzi Gischler et al. 2004 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Villmaria rotundata
Villmaria rotundata Roemer 1855 snail
 Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae
Coloniacirrus cf. primordialis
Coloniacirrus cf. primordialis von Schlotheim 1820 snail
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
Cyrtospirifer sp.
Cyrtospirifer sp. Nalivkin 1924
 Rhynchonellida - Hypothyridinidae
Hypothyridina sp.
Hypothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
 Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae
Chapinella striata
Chapinella striata
Balinski 2002
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Crinisarina angelicoides
Crinisarina angelicoides Merriam 1940
Merriam 1940