Buchenburg Anticline (Devonian of Germany)

Also known as Buchenburg Anticline, Germany

Where: Germany (51.8° N, 10.8° E: paleocoordinates 20.4° S, 8.7° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Polygnathus varcus conodont zone, Stringocephalus limestone Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. Weyer and K. Zagora. 1990. Die ehemalige Givet-Fossilfundstelle Buechenberg im Unterharz. Hallesches Jahrbuch fuer Geowissenschaften 15:21-42 [A. Miller/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5907: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 10.12.1999

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Lichida - Lichidae
Acanthopyge granulosa Roemer 1852 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Cheirurus neomyops trilobite
Cheirurus affinis neomyops
 Proetida - Proetidae
Proetus frechi Novak 1890 trilobite
Orbitoproetus crassimargo Roemer 1850 trilobite
 Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
 Proetida - Otarionidae
Otarion sp. Zenker 1833 trilobite
 Proetida - Aulacopleuridae