Where: Rhenish Massif, Germany (51.0° N, 7.2° E: paleocoordinates 19.1° S, 6.2° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Famennian (376.1 - 370.6 Ma)
• beds referred to in text as "Knoppenbiessen-beds"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; carbonaceous shale and limestone
Collection methods: the information concerning this collection is based on an English summary provided at the beginning of the German-text reference
Primary reference: U. Jux and J. Krath. 1974. Die Fauna aus dem mittleren Oberdevon (Nehden-Stufe) des suedwestlichen Bergischen Landes (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge); The lower Famennian fauna (Nehden-substage) of the southwestern region of the Bergisches Land (Rhenish Schiefergebirge). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 147(4-6):115-168 [A. Miller/K. Layou/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 5960: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 06.01.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Lingulata | |
Lingulipora sp. Girty 1898 | |
Strophomenata | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Schizophoria sp. King 1850 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Crickites holzapfeli Wedekind 1913 ammonite | |
"Tornoceras acutum" = Oxytornoceras acutum, Tornoceras subundulatum, Tornoceras eifliense, Tornoceras simplex, Lobotornoceras bilobatum, "Tornoceras loeschmanni" = Linguatornoceras guestfalicum, "Tornoceras haugi" = Linguatornoceras haugi, "? Tornoceras escoti" = Gundolficeras escoti, "Tornoceras planidorsatum" = Armatites planidorsatus
"Tornoceras acutum" = Oxytornoceras acutum Frech 1902 ammonite
Tornoceras subundulatum ammonite
Tornoceras eifliense ammonite
Tornoceras simplex von Buch 1832 ammonite
Lobotornoceras bilobatum ammonite
"Tornoceras loeschmanni" = Linguatornoceras guestfalicum Frech 1897 ammonite
"Tornoceras haugi" = Linguatornoceras haugi Frech 1902 ammonite
"? Tornoceras escoti" = Gundolficeras escoti Frech 1887 ammonite
"Tornoceras planidorsatum" = Armatites planidorsatus Munster 1839 ammonite | |
"Lobotornoceras nehdense" = Exotornoceras superstes
"Lobotornoceras nehdense" = Exotornoceras superstes Wedekind 1908 ammonite | |
Cheiloceras planilobum, Cheiloceras circumflexum, Cheiloceras acutum, Cheiloceras oxyacantha, Cheiloceras globosum, Cheiloceras nehdense, Cheiloceras sacculum, "Cheiloceras subpartitum" = Cheiloceras (Cheiloceras) subpartitum, "Cheiloceras amblylobum" = Cheiloceras (Cheiloceras) amblylobum, "Cheiloceras curvispina" = Staffites curvispinus, "Cheiloceras ovatum" = Puncticeras ovatus, "Cheiloceras lagowiense" = Puncticeras lagowiense, "Cheiloceras verneuili" = Nehdenites verneuilii
Cheiloceras planilobum ammonite
Cheiloceras circumflexum ammonite
Cheiloceras acutum ammonite
Cheiloceras oxyacantha ammonite
Cheiloceras globosum ammonite
Cheiloceras nehdense ammonite
Cheiloceras sacculum Sandberger 1851 ammonite
"Cheiloceras subpartitum" = Cheiloceras (Cheiloceras) subpartitum Munster 1839 ammonite
"Cheiloceras amblylobum" = Cheiloceras (Cheiloceras) amblylobum Sandberger and Sandberger 1851 ammonite
"Cheiloceras curvispina" = Staffites curvispinus Sandberger and Sandberger 1850 ammonite
"Cheiloceras ovatum" = Puncticeras ovatus Munster 1832 ammonite
"Cheiloceras lagowiense" = Puncticeras lagowiense Gurich 1900 ammonite
"Cheiloceras verneuili" = Nehdenites verneuilii Munster 1839 ammonite | |
? Rutoceras sp. Hyatt 1884 nautiloid | |
Pseudorthoceras sp. Girty 1912 | |
? Sphaerorthoceras sp. Ristedt 1968 | |
Ormoceras sp. Stokes 1840 | |
Gastropoda | |
"? Loxonema prisca" = Mesocoelia priscum
"? Loxonema prisca" = Mesocoelia priscum Münster 1840 snail | |
Euryzone sp. Koken 1896 snail | |
Platyostoma aff. lineata Conrad 1842 snail | |
Naticopsis dannenbergi snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Mytilarca cf. kochi clam | |
Kochia rugosa oyster | |
Posidonia venusta oyster | |
? Ptychopteria sp. Hall 1883 oyster
Leptodesma bodana oyster | |
Buchiola postuma, Buchiola palmata, "Praecardium vetustum" = Vetupraeca vetusta, "Praecardium clymeniae" = Vetupraeca clymeniae, Euthydesma beyrichi
Buchiola postuma clam
Buchiola palmata clam
"Praecardium vetustum" = Vetupraeca vetusta Hall 1843 clam
"Praecardium clymeniae" = Vetupraeca clymeniae Beushausen 1895 clam
Euthydesma beyrichi Holzapfel 1882 clam | |
Loxopteria dispar Sandberger and Sandberger 1856 clam | |
Euchelicerata | |
? Pterygotus sp. Agassiz 1839 eurypterid |